Guide to

iptv ACRONYMS

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2G 3G 3GPP 4WM 8PSK

2nd Generation 3rd Generation Third Generation Partnership Project Four Wave Mixing 8 Phase Shift Keying(ed)

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AAA AAC AC AC_BE AC_BK AC_VI AC_VO AC3 ACAP ACE ADSL AES AFF AGC AI AIFS

AIN AIT AKA ALG AMOL A-MPDU ANSI AoR AP API APS ARDP ARPU AS ASCII ASI ASP ASTB ATM ATSC AV AVC

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Advanced Audio Compression Access Category Access Category Best Effort Access Category BacKground Access Category VIdeo Access Category VOice Adaptive Transform Coder 3 Advanced Common Application Platform Advanced Component Exchange Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Advanced Encryption Standard Adaptive Field/Frame Automatic Gain Control Articial Intelligence Arbitration InterFrame Space

Advanced Intelligent Network Application Information Table Authentication and Key Agreement Application Layer Gateway Automated Measurement Of Lineup Aggregated MAC (Media Access Control) Protocol Data Unit American National Standards Institute Address of Record Automatic Power Audio Processor Application Programming Interface Automatic Protection Switching Advanced Return Path Modulator Average Revenue per Unit (or User) Application Server American Standard Code for Information Interchange Asynchronous Serial Interface Advanced Streaming Prole Advanced Set-Top Box Asynchronous Transfer Mode Advanced Television Systems Committee Audio/Video Audiovisual Advanced Video Coding

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B2B B2BUA B2C BB BER BFT BGCF BIF BNC BPF BPL B-PON bps BSAM BSCC BSS BTS BTSC BW BYOI

Business to Business Back-to-Back User Agent Business to Consumer BroadBand Bit Error Rate Broadcast File Transfer Breakout Gateway Control Function Binary Interchange Format Broadcast Network Controller Band Pass Filter Broadband over Power Lines Broadband Passive Optical Network Bits Per Second Basic Sequential Access Method Broadband Services Access Multiplexer Broadcast Stream Client Connector Basic Service Set Base Transceiver Station Broadcast Television Systems Committee Bandwidth Bring Your Own Infrastructure

CA CAN CapEx CAS CAT CB CBR CC CCA CCI CCM CCNR CCS CD CDL CDMA CDN CDR CDT CE CEA CEPCA CFP

Conditional Access Cellular Access Network Capital Expenditure Conditional Access System Conditional Access Table Channel Bonding Constant Bit Rate Closed Caption Circuit Card Assembly Copy Control Information Channel Change Message Completion of Calls No Reply Control Channel System Compact Disc Code DownLoad Code Division Multiple Access Content Delivery Network Call Detail Record Carrier Denition Table Consumer Electronics Consumer Electronics Association Consumer Electronics Powerline Communication Alliance Contention Free Periods

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CIF CIN CLEC CM CMS CMTS CNAM CNR COFDM CoS CPE CPMS CPU CRC CRM CSA CSCF CSMA/CA CSMA/CD CSO CTB CTIA CW CWDM

Common Image Format Call Indentity Number Common Local Echange Carrier Cable Modem Call Management Server Cable Modem Termination System Calling NAMe Carrier-to-Noise Ratio Chronic Non-Responder Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Class of Service Customer Premises Equipment Copy Protection Management System Central Processing Unit Cyclic Redundancy Check Customer Relationship Management Common Scrambling Algorithim Call State/Session Control(ler) Function Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection Composite Second Order Composite Triple Beat Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association Continuous Wave Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing

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DAB DAC DANIS DASE DAVIC DB dB dBc dBFS dBm dBmV DBS DC

DCAS DCF DCII DCP DCT

Digital Audio Broadcast Descrambler Authorization Center Digital Access Controller Digital to Analog Converter Digital Addressable Network Interface System Digital TV Application Software Environment Digital Audio Visual Council Database Decibel Decibel Referenced to the Carrier Decibel Below Full Scale Decibel milliwatt Decibel milliVolt Direct Broadcast Satellite DigiCipher Direct Current Directional Coupler Dispersion Compensator Downloadable Conditional Access System Distributed Coordination Function DigiCipher II Digital Convergence Platform Digital Cable Terminal

DCT D/E DEM DES DFB DHCP DHEI DLNA DLS DM DMB DMIF DNS DOA DOCSIS DPI DRAM DRC DRM DS DSCP DSE DSG

Discrete Cosine Transform Decrypt/Extract DigiCipher Event Manager Data Encryption Standard Digital Encryption Standard Distributed Feedback Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol DigiCable Headend Expansion Interface Digital Living Network Alliance Down Load Server Demodulator Device Manager Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Delivery Multimedia Integration Framework Domain Name System Dead on Arrival Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specications Digital Program Insertion Dynamic Random Access Memory Dynamic Range Control Digital Rights Management Downstream Differentiated Service Code Point Digital Service Encoder DOCSIS Set-top Gateway

DSL DSLAM DSM-CC DSP DSR DSSS DS-UWB DTH DTMF DTV DVB DVB-ASI DVB-H DVB-S DVB-T DVC DVD DVD+RW DVNR DVR DVS DWDM

Digital Subscriber Line Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer Digital Storage Medium Command and Control Digital Signal Processor Digital Satellite Receiver Direct Sequencing Spread Spectrum Direct Sequence Ultra-WideBand Direct-to-Home Dual Tone Multi-frequency Digital Television Digital Video Broadcast DVB Asynchronous Serial Interface DVB Handheld DVB Satellite DVB Terrestial Digital Video Compressor Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc Rewritable Digital Versatile Disc Digital Vision Noise Reducer Digital Video Recorder Digital Video Standard Digital Video Subcommittee Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing

EAP eBIF ECC ECM EDCA EDFA EDGE EEPROM E/I EIA EMC EMS eMTA ENDEC EoD EPG EPROM EQAM ERS ES ESP ETS ETSI eTV EV-DO ExCCI

Extensible Authentication Protocol Enhanced Binary Interchange Format Encryption Control Center Entitlement Control Message Enhanced Distributed Channel Access Erbium Doped Fiber Amplier Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Encrypt/Insert Electronics Industry Association Encoder Monitor and Control Element Management System Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adapter Encode/Decode Everything on Demand Electronic Program Guide Electrically Readable Programmable Read Only Memory Edge QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) Encryption Renewal System Exclusive Session Encapsulating Security Payload Event Trigger System European Telecommunications Standards Institute Enhanced Television Evolution-Data Only Extended CCI

FAT FCC FDD FDDI FDIS FDP FEC FFT FHSS FIFO FM FPM FQDN FTA FTP FTTC FTTH FTTN FTTP FTTU FTTx FWM

File Allocation Table Federal Communications Commission Frequency Division Duplexed Fiberoptic Digital Data Interface Final Draft International Standard Face Description Forward Error Correction Fast Fourier Transform Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum First In First Out Frequency Modulation FEC and Packet Multiplexer Fully Qualied Domain Name Free to Air File Transfer Protocol Fiber to the Curb Fiber to the Home Fiber to the Node Fiber to the Premises Fiber to the User Fiber to the (endpoint) Four-Wave Mixing

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GB Gb/s GB/s GbE GBIC Gbps GCR GFL GHz GigE GOP GPI G-PON GPRS GPS GRX GPRS GSM GSMA GUI GW Gigabyte Gigabits per Second Gigabytes per Second Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Interface Converter Gigabits per Second Group Conguration Request Group Flow Label Gigahertz Gigabit Ethernet Group of Pictures General Purpose Interface Gigabit (Ethernet) Passive Optical Network General Packet Radio Service Global Positioning System (General Packet Radio Service) Roaming eXchange Global System for Mobile communications Global System for Mobile communications Association Graphical User Interface Gateway

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HAVi HCCA HCF HCM HCT HD HDCP HDD HDE HDLC HDTV HDVOD HE HF HFC HH HHR HLR HMAC HMS H-Net HP

Home Audio Video Interoperability Hybrid Coordination function controlled Channel Access Hybrid Coordination Function Hardware Control Message Headend Conguration Tool High Denition High Denition Copy Protection Hard Disk Drive High Denition Decoder High Denition Encoder High Level Data Link Control High Denition Television High-Denition Video on Demand Headend High Frequency Hybrid Fiber/Coax HouseHold Half Horizontal Resolution Home Location Register keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication Code Headend Management System Home Network Homes Passed

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HPLMN HPNA HRC HSCI HSD HSDPA HSE HSI HSS HSS/HLR HSUPA HTML HTTP HVAC HVC HVS Hz

Home Public Land Mobile Network Home Phoneline Network Alliance Harmonically Related Carriers High Speed Cable Interface High Speed Data High Speed Downlink Packet Access HD Service Encoder High-Speed Internet Home Subscriber Server High Speed Serial/Home Location Register High Speed Uplink Packet Access Hyper Text Markup Language Hyper Text Transfer Protocol High Voltage Alternating Current HD Video Compressor Human Vision System Hertz

ICC ICE ICE i-CSCF ID IDC IDCT IDE IEEE IEEE-SA IETF IF IGMP IM IMS INP I/O IP IP-CAN IPG IPM IPMP

Instant Channel Change Information and Content Exchange Inter Chip Encryption Interrogating-Call State/Session Control(ler) Function Identier International Data Group Inc. Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform Integrated Development Environment Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association Internet Engineering Task Force Intermediate Frequency Internet Group Multicast Protocol Instant Messaging IP Multimedia Subsystem Input Input/Output Internet Protocol Internet Protocol Cellular Access Network Interactive Program Guide Intelligent Policy Management Intellectual Property Management and Protection

IPPV IPRM IPSec IPTV IR IRD IRT IRTDBG IS ISDB ISDB-T ISDN ISI ISO ISP IT ITU iTV IVRM IXP

Impulse Pay Per View IP Rights Management System Internet Protocol Security Internet Protocol Television Infra-Red Integrated Receiver/Decoder Integrated Receiver Transcoder Integrated Receiver Transmitter DeBuG International Standard Integrated Service Digital Broadcast Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting -Terrestrial Integrated Services Digital Network Inter-Symbol Interference International Standards Organization Internet Service Provider Information Technology International Telecommunications Union Interactive Television Intelligent Video Resource Manager Internet Exchange Provider

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JCP JND JPEG JVT

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kB kb/s kbps KDC kHz KLS km KP

Java Community Process Just Noticeable Difference Joint Photographic Experts Group Joint Video Team

Kilobyte Kilobits per Second Kilobits per Second Key Distribution Center Kilohertz Key List Server Kilometer Kernel Processor

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L2TPv3 LAeq LAN LCD LDAP LED LEO LF LH DWDM LNB LNP LP L/R LTC LUA

Layer-2 Tunneling Protocol Version 3 Long-term A-weighted loudness EQuivalent Local Area Network Liquid Crystal Display Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Light Emitting Diode Low Earth Orbit Low Frequency Long Haul Dense Wave Division Multiplex Low Noise Block Converter Local Number Portability Long Play Left/Right Longitudinal Time Code Last User Activity

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MAC MACD MAN

Media Access Control Moves, Adds, Changes, Deletes Metropolitan Area Network

MB MB-AFF Mb/s MB/s MBOA MB-OFDM Mbps MC M-CMTS MC-PC MCPC MDU MG MGC MGCF MGCP MHP MHz MIB MIMO MIPS ML@MP MLD MMD MMDS MMI

Megabyte Macro Block Adaptive Frame/Field Megabits per Second Megabytes per Second MultiBand OFDM Alliance Multiband Orthogonal Frequency Domain Modulation Megabits per Second Motion Compensation Modular Cable Modem Termination System Media Center Personal Computers Multiple Channel Per Carrier Multiple Dwelling Unit Media Gateway Media Gateway Controller Media Gateway Control(ler) Function Media Gateway Control Protocol Multimedia Home Platform Megahertz Management Information Base Multiple Input, Multiple Output Million Instructions Per Second Main Level @ Main Prole Multicast Listener Discovery Multipoint Microwave Distribution Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System Man Machine Interface

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MMT MOCA MP@HL MP3 MPAA MPDU MPE MPEG MPEG-TS MPS MPTS MRFC MRFP MSC MSE MSN MSO MSR MSRP MTA MV MVNO MVP MGW

Modulation Mode Table Multimedia Over Coax Alliance Main Prole @ High Level MPEG-1 Part 3, (Audio) Layer 3 Motion Picture Association of America MAC (Media Access Control) Protocol Data Unit Multi Protocol Encapsulation Moving Pictures Expert Group Moving Pictures Expert Group Transport Stream Modular Processing System Multiple Program Transport Stream Multimedia Resource Function Controller Multimedia Resource Function Processor Mobile Switching Center Multi-Standard Encoder Microsoft Network Multiple System Operator Multi-Standard Receiver Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price Multimedia Terminal Adapter Motion Vector Mobile Virtual Network Operator Multi-View Prole Media GateWay

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NABTS NANPA NAPT NAS NASRAC NASS NAT NC NCS NCTA NGN NGNA NG STB NIC NIM NIST NIT nm NMS NNI NP

North American Broadcast Teletext Standard North American Numbering Plan Administration Network Address and Protocol Translation Network Attached Storage National Authorization Service National Authorization ServiceRegional Access Controller Network Access Attachment Function(s) Network Address Translation Network Controller Network Control System National Cable Television Association Next Generation Network Next Generation Network Architecture Next Generation Set-Top Box Network Interface Card Network Interface Module National Institute of Standards and Technology Network Information Table Nanometer Network Management System Network-Network Interface Number Portability

NPAC NPR NPT nPVR NRSS NRTC NRVC NSP NTIA NTP NTSC NVOD

Number Portability Administration Center Noise Power Ratio Network Performance Tool Network-based Personal Video Recorder Network Renewable Security Standard National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative Noise Reduction Video Compression Network Service Provider National Telecommunications and Information Administration Network Time Protocol National Television System Committee Near Video-On-Demand

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OCAP OC-x ODRL OFDM OLT OM OMA OOB OpEx OS OSA OSD OSS OTN

OpenCable Application Platform Optical Carrier (level) Open Digital Rights Language Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Optical Line Terminal Optical Line Termination Out of Band Modulator Open Mobile Alliance Out-of-Band Operations Expenditure Operating System Open Service Access On-Screen Display Operational Support System Optical Transition Node Optical Transport Network

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P2P PACM PAL PAT PC PCI PCM PCMM P-CSCF PDG PDU PES PID PIM PIM-SM PIP PLMN PMB PMI PMK PML Peer to Peer Point to Point Provisioning, Activation, Conguration & Management Phase Alternating Line Port Address Termination Program Association Table PacketCable Peripheral Component Interconnect Pulse Coded Modulation PacketCable Multimedia Proxy-Call State/Session Control(ler) Function Packet Data Gateway Protocol Data Unit Packetized Elementary Stream Program Identier Packet ID Protocol Independent Multicast Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode Picture In Picture Public Land Mobile Network Permanent Message Buffer Packet Multiplex Interface Pairwise Master Key Packet Multiplex Link

PMP PMT PN PNA PON POTS PPE PPV PRCF PSIP PSK PSNR PSTN PTK PVR

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QAM QL QL/BR QLP QoE QoS QPSK

Point to MultiPoint Program Map Table Program Number Phone Network Alliance Passive Optical Network Plain Old Telephone System Programmable Processing Element Pay per View Positioning Radio Coordination Function Program and System Information Protocol PreShared Key Peak Signal to Noise Ratio Public Switched Telephone Network Pairwise Temporal Key Personal Video Recorder

Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Quantization Level Quantization Level/Bit Rate Quantization Level Processor Quality of Experience Quality of Service Quadrature Phase Shift Keying

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RACF RACS RADD RAID RAM RAN RBOC RF RIM RISC RKS RM RMX ROM RPD RSA RSM RSU RTP RTSP RU RX

Resource Access Control Facility Resource and Admission Control Function(s) Remote Addressable DANIS/DLS Redundant Array Of Inexpensive Disks Random Access Memory Radio Access Network Regional Area Network Regional Bell Operating Company Radio Frequency Rear-Chassis Input Module Reduced Instruction Set Computer Record Keeping Server Resource Manager Remux Read Only Memory Rear-Chassis Output Module Return Path Demodulator Rivest-Shawir-Adleman (crypto algorithm) Remote Satellite Modulator Resynchronization Software Utility Real-time Transport Protocol Real Time Protocol Real Time Streaming Protocol Rack Unit Receive or receiver

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SAC SAP SAS SB SBC SBCA SBS SCADA SCE SCPC SCS s-CSCF SCTE SD SDB SDI

Subscriber Authorization Center Secondary Audio Program Subscriber Authorization System Switched Broadcast Switched Broadcast Client Satellite Broadcasting Communication Association Stimulated Brilliouin Scattering Switched Broadcast Server Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition Single Channel Encoder Single Channel Per Carrier Service Capability Server Serving-Call State/Session Control(ler) Function Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers Standard Denition Switched Digital Broadast Serial Digital Interface

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SDL SDM SDMI SDP SDPF SDTV SDV SE SEM SEP SFP SG SGW SHA-1 SID AMOL SIFS SIM SIP SISO SIT SL SMPTE SNMP SNR SoC S-OFDM

Simple DirectMedia Layer SmartStream Device Manager Secure Digital Music Initiative Session Description Protocol Service Policy Decision Function Standard Denition Television Switched Digital Video Single Encoder SmartStream Encryptor Modulator Simulcast Edge Processor Small Form-factor Pluggable Signaling Gateway Security GateWay Secure Hash Algorithm 1 Source Identication Automatic Measurement of Lineups Shortest InterFrame Space Subscriber Identity Module Splice Information Message Session Initiation Protocol Single-Input Single-Output Splice Information Table System Integration & Test Sync Layer Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Simple Network Management Protocol Signal-to-Noise Ratio Systems on a Chip Scalable Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

SONET SPAN SPDF SPDIF SPIT SPM SPTS SQL SR SRAM SRM SRS SRTP SRUP SS7 SSD SSI SSL SSM SSP STAMP STB STL STT STTD STUN

Synchronous Optical Network Services & Protocols for Advanced Networks Synchronous Piggybacked Data Flow Sony Philips Digital Interface SPAM over IP Telephony Self Phase Modulation Single Program Transport Stream Structured Query Language Satellite Receiver Static Random Access Memory SmartStream Resource Manager System Resource Manager Stimulated Raman Scattering Secure Real-time Transport Protocol Sequenced Routing Table Protocol Sequenced Routing Update Protocol Signaling System number 7 Solid State Disk Synchronous Serial Interface Secure Sockets Layer Source Specic Multicast Session Setup Protocol Set-top Applications and Middleware Platform Set-Top Box Studio-Transmitter Link System Time Table Space Time Transmit Diversity Simple Transversal of UDP (User Datagram Protocol)

TAM TB TC TCP/IP TDD TDMA TDT TFC TFTP TIPHON TISPAN TKIP TLS TMX TN TP TPS TSID TSP T-SPEC TTLS TTS TURN TVCT TX TXOP

Tier Addressed Message Terabyte Transmission Convergence Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Time Division Duplex Time Division Multiple Access Time & Date Table Tunable Filter Chip Trivial File Transfer Protocol Telecommunications & Internet Protocol Harmonization Over Networks Telecom & Internet Services & Protocols for Advanced Networks Temporal Key Integrity Protocol Transport Layer Security Transport Multiplexer Transit Node Transport Processor Transport Parameter Signaling Transport Stream Identier Television Service Processor Trafc SPECication Tunnel Transparent Layer Security Text To Speech Traversal Using Relay NAT (Network Address Translation) Terrestrial Virtual Channel Table Transmit or transmitter Transmission Opportunity

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U-ASPD UCS UDP UDP/IP UEQ UGS UI UKL UMA UMTS UNI UPA UPnP UPS URI US USB UWB

Unscheduled - Automatic Power Save Delivery Uplink Control System User Datagram Protocol User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol Universal Edge QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) Unsolicited Grant Service User Interface Unit Key List Unlicensed Mobile Access Universal Mobile Telecommunications System User Network Interface Usability Professionals Association Universal Plug and Play Universal Power Supply Uplink Product Support Uniform Resource Identier Upstream Universal Serial Bus Ultra Wideband

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VBI VBR VC VC-1 VCM VCO VCR VCT VDLM VDSL VDT VF VHF VHS VLR VM VOD VoIP VoWi-Fi VPN VRN VRNAV

Vertical Blanking Interval Variable Bit Rate VideoCipher Virtual Channel Video Compression (Coding) 1 (Formerly VC-9--Soon to be known as SMPTE 421M) Virtual Channel Map Virtual Channel Override Video Cassette Recorder Virtual Channel Table Virtual Data Line Monitor Very High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line Video Dial Tone Voice Frequency Very High Frequency Video Home System Visitor Location Register Virtual Machine Video on Demand Voice over Internet Protocol Voice over Wi-Fi Virtual Private Network Video-Rich Navigation Video-Rich Navigation Audio/Visual

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WCDMA WDM WiFi WiMax WLAN WM WM9 WMAN WME WMM WMM-SA WPA WPA-FSK WWAN

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xDSL xHTML XML xoIP XPM xPON

Wireless Code Division Multiple Access Wave Division Multiplex Wireless Fidelity Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access Wireless Local Area Network Wave Multiplexing or Wave Mixing Windows Media Player, version 9 Wireless Metropolitan Area Network Wireless Multimedia Extension Wi-Fi MultiMedia Wi-Fi MultiMedia Standards Association/Alliance Wireless (Wi-Fi) Protected Access Wireless (Wi-Fi) Protected Access with Pre-Shared Key Wireless Wide area Network

Any variant of the Digital Subscriber Line technology Extensible Hypertext Markup Language Extensible Markup language Anything Over Internet Protocol Cross-Phase Modulation X type of Passive Optical Network

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