Telecommunication Standard Terms
ITS-Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
This glossary provides standard definitions for the fields subsumed by the umbrella discipline of telecommunications. The terms and definitions are drawn from authoritative non-Government sources such as the International Telecommunication Union, the International Organization for Standardization, the Telecommunications Industry Association, and the American National Standards Institute, as well as from numerous authoritative U.S. Government publications.
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E & M signaling
E N ratio
E bend
E layer
E mail
E plane bend
E region
e.m.r.p.
e.r.p. [or ERP]
earth
Earth coverage (EC)
earth electrode subsystem
Earth exploration satellite service
earth ground
Earth station
Earth terminal
Earth terminal complex
EAS
EBCDIC
EbN0
EBS
EC
ECCM
echo
echo area
E N ratio
E bend
E layer
E mail
E plane bend
E region
e.m.r.p.
e.r.p. [or ERP]
earth
Earth coverage (EC)
earth electrode subsystem
Earth exploration satellite service
earth ground
Earth station
Earth terminal
Earth terminal complex
EAS
EBCDIC
EbN0
EBS
EC
ECCM
echo
echo area
echo attenuation
echo canceler
echo cancellation
echo check
echo command
echo effect
echo line
echo return loss
echo sounding
echo suppressor
echoplex
ECM
edge busyness
edge emitting LED
EDI
EDTV
effective antenna gain contour (of a steerable satellite beam)
effective boresight area (of a steerable satellite beam)
effective data transfer rate
effective Earth radius
effective height
effective input noise temperature
effective isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.)
effective mode volume
echo canceler
echo cancellation
echo check
echo command
echo effect
echo line
echo return loss
echo sounding
echo suppressor
echoplex
ECM
edge busyness
edge emitting LED
EDI
EDTV
effective antenna gain contour (of a steerable satellite beam)
effective boresight area (of a steerable satellite beam)
effective data transfer rate
effective Earth radius
effective height
effective input noise temperature
effective isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.)
effective mode volume
effective monopole radiated power (e.m.r.p.)
effective power
effective radiated power (e.r.p.) (in a given direction)
effective speed of transmission
effective transmission rate
efficiency factor
EHF
EIA
EIA Class IVa fiber
EIA Class IVb fiber
EIA interface
eight hundred (800) service
elastic buffer
electric field
electrical length
electrically powered telephone
electro optic detector
electro optic effect
electro optic modulator
electro optical intelligence (ELECTRO OPTINT)
electro optics
ELECTRO OPTINT
electrochemical recording
electrographic recording
effective power
effective radiated power (e.r.p.) (in a given direction)
effective speed of transmission
effective transmission rate
efficiency factor
EHF
EIA
EIA Class IVa fiber
EIA Class IVb fiber
EIA interface
eight hundred (800) service
elastic buffer
electric field
electrical length
electrically powered telephone
electro optic detector
electro optic effect
electro optic modulator
electro optical intelligence (ELECTRO OPTINT)
electro optics
ELECTRO OPTINT
electrochemical recording
electrographic recording