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A

  • Active Satellite
  • ADSL
  • Amplifier
  • Analog
  • Anik F2
  • Antenna
  • Antenna Gain
  • Antenna Latitude
  • Antenna Longitude
  • Apogee
  • Arthur C. Clarke
  • Attenuation
  • Attenuator
  • AZ-EL
  • Azimuth

B

  • Backbone
  • Bandwidth
  • Barrel Connector
  • Beam
  • Bend Loss
  • Bent-pipe
  • Bill
  • Binary
  • Bit
  • Bit Rate
  • Braid
  • Broadband Satellite
  • Broadcast
  • Browser
  • Bushings
  • Byte

C

  • Cache
  • Caching
  • Carrier Wave
  • C-band
  • Channel
  • Circular Polarization
  • Clarke Belt
  • CLEC
  • CMCI
  • Coaxial Cable
  • Co-Location
  • Communications Satellite
  • Conduit
  • Connector
  • Continuity
  • CONUS
  • CPE
  • CSMA/CD

D

  • Datagram
  • dB
  • DBS
  • DC
  • Declination
  • Default Gateway
  • Delay
  • DHCP
  • Dial-up Connection
  • Digital
  • Dish
  • DNS
  • DOCSIS
  • Downlink
  • Downstream
  • Drip Loop
  • DSL
  • DTH
  • Duplex
  • Dynamic IP address

E

  • Earth Station
  • Eave
  • EFT
  • EHF
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Elevation
  • Email client
  • Ethernet
  • Extranet

F

  • Fair Access Policy (FAP)
  • Fascia
  • FCC
  • F-Connector
  • Feed
  • Feeder-downlink
  • Feeder-link
  • Feeder-uplink
  • Feedhorn
  • Fiber Optics
  • Fiber Ring
  • Filter Sensitivity
  • Firewall
  • Fixed Service
  • Footprint
  • Fragmentation
  • Frequency
  • Frost Heave
  • Frost Line
  • FSS
  • FSS Band
  • FTP

G

  • Gable
  • Gain
  • Gb
  • Geostationary Satellite
  • Geosynchronous Orbit
  • GES
  • Gravitational Force
  • Ground
  • Ground Control

H

  • Hard Copy
  • HDTV
  • Headend
  • HFC
  • Host
  • Host ID
  • HSD
  • Hub
  • Hz

I

  • IANA
  • ICANN
  • ICMP
  • IGMP
  • ILEC
  • Inclination
  • Inclinometer
  • Interconnection
  • Interference
  • Inter-satellite Link
  • Intranet
  • Intranet
  • Ionosphere
  • IP
  • IP address
  • IPSec VPN
  • IPTV
  • IPX/SPX
  • IRC
  • ISDN
  • ISO
  • Isotropically
  • ISP
  • IXC

J

  • Joist

K

  • Ka-band
  • KHz
  • Ku-band

L

  • Lag Bolt
  • LAN
  • Last Mile
  • LEO
  • LMDS
  • LNB
  • LNBF
  • Load Coils
  • Local Loop
  • Logical device
  • Longitude
  • LOS
  • Lossy Medium

M

  • MAC address
  • Manual Offset Credit
  • MBA
  • Media Access Control
  • MEO
  • Meridian
  • MF-TDMA
  • MMDS
  • Modem
  • Mount
  • MPOE
  • MSO
  • MTU
  • Multicast
  • Multimedia
  • Multiplexing

N

  • Na'dir
  • Narrowband
  • NAT
  • NCNS
  • NEC
  • Netware
  • Network Class
  • Network ID
  • NIC
  • NID
  • NOC
  • Noise Figure
  • Non-penetrating Mount

O

  • Octet
  • Offset
  • Ohm
  • Ohm's Law
  • Omni-directional
  • OMT
  • Operating System (OS)
  • Orbit
  • Orbit Spacing
  • Orbital Position
  • OSHA
  • OSI
  • Outage

P

  • Packet
  • Packet-Switched Network
  • PAT
  • PBX
  • Peaking
  • Perigee
  • Phishing
  • Physical Device
  • PING
  • Plumb
  • Point-to-Point Connection
  • Polarity
  • POP
  • POP3
  • Postini
  • POTS
  • POTS Splitter
  • Protocol
  • Provision
  • PSTN
  • PVC

R

  • Radio Frequency Spectrum
  • Rafter
  • RAS
  • RBOC
  • Receipt
  • Relay Station
  • RF
  • RG-6
  • Router
  • RPC

S

  • Sales Only Dealers
  • Satellite
  • Satellite Carrier
  • SCADA
  • SDSL
  • Service Loop
  • SF-TDMA
  • SHF
  • Shielding Braid
  • Shunt
  • Site-Survey
  • Skew
  • Slot
  • SMATV
  • SMCI
  • SMTP
  • SMTS
  • SNMP
  • Socket
  • Soffit
  • Soft Copy
  • SOHO
  • Solar Flare
  • Solar Outage
  • Spectrum
  • Spoofing
  • Spot Beam
  • SSL
  • SSL VPN