Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!gryphon!vector!telecom-gateway From: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: TELECOM Glossary and Acronyms Files Now Available Message-ID: Date: 19 Nov 89 08:02:54 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 43 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 521, message 10 of 10 I was very pleased to receive a note this past week from Dave Padgitt sending along a glossary of telecommunications terms. In addition, another reference file of acronyms has been made available. The first file has been placed in the Telecom Archives entitled, 'glossary.txt'. It is a semi-large file, in excess of 60,000 blocks, so you will want to have room to accomodate it when you capture it using ftp. To obtain your copy: 'ftp cs.bu.edu' login 'anonymous' and issue a non-null password. 'cd telecom-archives' 'get glossary.txt' 'get glossary.acronyms' I'd like to make this a continuing project: As you review it, if you think of other telecom terms which ought to be listed, send them to me here, and please ** use the same format and same editing style as the existing work. ** The reason is, I will take all the additions eventually received and edit them into a revised glossary.txt. I'd rather not have to do a lot of extra editing work to make them conform. A companion file is entitled 'glossary.acronyms', and I hope you will take a copy of it also, and review it in the same way: with the intent of adding new acronyms used in the telecommunications industry. This file is not exclusively telecom-related acronyms, but quite a few of them are. It was presented to the Telecom Archives by Michael A. Patton. This file is about 8400 blocks. If you cannot fetch your copies using ftp -- and your address will tell me if this is the case or not -- then write and ask me; I will send a copy from here. My thanks to Dave and Mike for their valuable additions to the Telecom Archives. You can thank them personally by writing to: Dave_Padgitt@um.cc.umich.edu map@lcs.mit.edu Patrick Townson