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October 12, 2009

First Steps on a Long Road...

Do you remember, when you first entered the Telecom industry, and realized ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) meant something other than an automated teller machine? Or do you remember, when you heard first time CLLI, POTS, etc?
There are so many terms and abbreviations relating to Telecom. I found the solution. Here is a Telecom Terms Glossary and Dictionary http://www.javvin.com/telecomglossary/. It’s free on-line. You can find any abbreviations and terms you are likely to run across most often in Telecom .

For instance, POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) is the standard, analog telephone service which remains the basic form of residential and small business telephone service nearly everywhere in the world. Plain Old Telephone Service was originally known as the Post Office Telephone Service in many countries. It has been available almost since the introduction of the telephone system in the late 19th century, mostly unchanged to the normal user, despite the introduction of electronic telephone exchanges into the public switched telephone network since the middle of the 20th century.

And there is a more comprehensive tool - Newton's Telecom Dictionary - The Dictionary of Telecommunications, Networking and The Internet. It has become the industry "Bible".
http://www.harrynewton.com/bigdic.html

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