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| ACIR | Adjacent-channel interference ratio |
| AFP | Apple File Protocol |
| ACMPA | Aperture-coupled microstrip patch antenna |
| ACTA | Administrative Council for Terminal Attachment |
| ADC | Analog-to-digital converter |
| ADPCM | Adaptive defferential pulse-code modulation |
| ADSL | Advanced Digital Subscriber Line |
| AFTA | Asian Free Trade Area |
| AIS | AUTOMATIC Identification System |
| AtoNAIS | Aid to Navigation AIS |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| AOC | Automatic Overload Control |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| ASIC | Application-specific integrated circuit |
| ATIS | Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions |
| ATU-C | ADSL Terminal Unit-Central Office |
| ATU-R | ADSL Terminal Unit-Remote |
| AWS | Advanced Wireless Service |
| BPSK | Binary Phase Shift Keying |
| BSMI | Chinese-Taipei Bureau of Standards, Metrology, and Inspection |
| BER | Bit error rate |
| BETS | Broadcast Equipment Technical Standard |
| BPSK | Biphase-shift keying or binary phase-shift |
| CAB | Conformity Assessment Body |
| CB | Citizen's Band or Certification Body |
| CATV | Community antenna television |
| CCD | Charge-coupled device |
| CEN | |
| CENELEC | The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization |
| CEPT | Conference of European & Telecommunication Administrations |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulation |
| CIRM | Committee International Radio Maritime |
| COG | Course over Ground |
| COFDM | Coded orthogonal frequency division multiplex |
| COSPAS-SARSAT | International Satellite System for Search & Rescue |
| CPFSK | Continuous phase frequency-shift keying |
| CQPSK | Constant Envelope quadrature phase-shift keying |
| CSMA/CD | Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection |
| CTI | Computer Telephony Integration |
| DCE | Data Communication Equipment |
| DECT | Digitally Enhanced Cordless Telephone |
| DFS | Dynamic Frequency Selection or Distributed File System or Deutsche Flugsicherung (German Aviation Security) |
| DGNSS | Differential Global Navigation Satellite Service |
| DGSP | Differential Global Positioning System |
| DMUX | Demultiplexer |
| DLS | Data Link Service |
| DoC | Declaration of Conformity |
| DOC | Old abbreviation for Industry Canada (Dept of Communications) |
| DQPSK | Differential quadrature phase-shift keying |
| DSC | Digital Selective Call |
| DSP | Digital Signal Processing |
| DTE | Data Terminal Equipment |
| DTMF | Dual Tone Multi Frequency |
| EBCDIC | Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code |
| ECDIS | Electronic chart display and information system |
| EFTA | |
| EIA | Electronics Industries Association |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| ELT | Emergency Locator Transmitter |
| EOTC | European Organization for Conformity Assement |
| EPIRB | Emergency Position Indication Radio Beacon |
| ERC | European Radiocommunications Committee |
| ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival |
| EUT | Equipment Under Test |
| FCB | Foreign Certification Body |
| FCS | Frame Check Sequence |
| FNPRM | Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making |
| FRS | Family Radio Service |
| FUBAR | Foul Up Beyond All Recognition |
| GMDSS | Global Maritime Distress & Safty System |
| GMSK | Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying |
| GSM | Global System for Mobile communications |
| HSPA | High Speed Packet Access |
| HSUPA | High Speed Uplink Packet Access |
| IC | Industry Canada - Spectrum Regulatory Agency in Canada |
| ICLID | Incoming Call Identification Device |
| IPX | Internetwork Packet Exchange |
| ISDN | Integrated System Digital Network |
| ISDN | It Still Does Nothing |
| ITU-T | International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| MAC | Media Access Control |
| MCA | Micro Channel Architecture |
| MIMO | Multiple In Multiple Out |
| MPE | Maximum Permissible Exposure |
| MPR | Maximum Power reduction |
| MURS | Multi User Radio Service |
| NDIS | Network Driver Interface Standard |
| NETBEUI | NetBIOS Extended User Interface |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology http://www.acronymfinder.com/ |
| NM | Nautical Miles |
| NOS | Network Operating System |
| NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rule Making |
| NRTL | National Recognized Test Lab |
| NTSC | National Television Systems Committee |
| NTIA | National Telecommunications & Information Administration |
| NTSC | Never the Same Color |
| ODI | Open Data-Link Interface |
| OFDM | Orthoangle Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| OOK | On Off Keying |
| PAL | Phase Alternate Line (EU TV format) |
| PAL | Pease at Last |
| PAM | Pulse Amplitude Modulation |
| PCI | Peripheral Component Interface |
| PBX | Private Branch Exchange |
| PER | Packet Error Rate |
| PPM | Pulse Position Modulation |
| PTCRB | PCS Type Certification Review Board www.ptcrb.com |
| QAM | ? |
| RAIM | Receiver autonomous integrity monitoring |
| ROLR | Receive Objective Loudness Rating |
| RTCM | Radio & Technical Commission on Maritime Services |
| R&TTE | Radio &Telecommunications Terminal Equipment |
| SAR | Specific Absorption Rate |
| SDO | Software Delivery Optimization or Shared Data Object |
| SDoC | Suppliers Declaration of Conformity |
| SECAM | Sequentiel Couleur Avec Memoire (French color TV Standard) |
| SECAM | (Funny) Something Entirely Contrary to the American Method |
| SGA | Some Government Agency |
| SoC | System on Chip |
| SOG | Speed over Ground |
| SOO | Statement of Opinion |
| SPX | Sequential Packet Exchange |
| SRD's | Short Range Devices (European) |
| ST | Shielded Twisted Pair |
| TAC | Technical Acceptance Certificate |
| TCB | Telecommunications Certification Body |
| TIA | Telecommunications Industry Association |
| TFCI | Transmit Format Combination Indicator |
| TTL | Transistor Transistor Logic |
| VDT | Video Display Terminal |
| VTS | Vessel Traffic Services |
| Uc | Un-Certainty |
| UMTS | Universal Mobile Telecommunications System |
| UTAM | Unlicensed Transmission and Management |
| UTC | Universal Time Co-ordinated |
| UTP | Unshielded Twisted Pair |
| W-CDMA | Wideband code division multiplexing |
| Check out NIST | http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/acronyms.html#P |
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