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Using the ATIS Telecom Glossary
Annex A: Informative References
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F layer
FM
F region
FM blanketing
facet erosion
FM broadcast translator
facility
FM capture effect
facility assembly
FM capture ratio
facility code
FM improvement factor
facility grounding system
FM improvement threshold
facility group
FM threshold effect
facility group member
FM threshold extension
facsimile (FAX)
FMC
facsimile converter
FO
facsimile frequency shift
followup
facsimile picture signal
footprint
facsimile receiver
forbidden character
facsimile recorder
forced rerouting
facsimile signal level
foreign exchange (FX) service
facsimile transceiver
foreign instrumentation signals intelligence (FISINT)
facsimile transmitter
Forensics
fade
form
fade margin
formal proof
fading
formal security policy model
fading distribution
formal top-level specification (FTLS)
fading margin
formal verification
fail
format
fail safe
format converter
fail soft
format structure
fail-safe operation
Fortran
failure
fortuitous conductor
failure access
fortuitous distortion
failure control
forum
fair queuing
forward busying
fake sector
forward channel
fall time
forward echo
false character
forward error correction (FEC)
false clock
forward indicator bit (FIB)
false lock
forward propagation ionospheric scatter (FPIS)
fan out
forward recovery
fan-beam antenna
forward scatter
fanout cable
forward secrecy
FAQ file
forward sequence number (FSN)
far field
forward signal
far zone
FOT
far-end block error (FEBE)
four-wire circuit
far-end crosstalk
four-wire repeater
far-end customer interface
four-wire terminating set
far-end receive failure (FERF)
Fourier analysis
far-field diffraction pattern
fox message
far-field radiation pattern
FPGA
far-field region
FPIS
Faraday effect
fps
fast packet switching
FR
fast select
fractal
FAT
fractional frequency deviation
fat client
fractional frequency fluctuation
fault
fractional frequency offset
fault management
fractional T1
fault protection subsystem
fragmentation
fault tolerance
frame
FAX
frame alignment
FC
frame check sequence (FCS)
FCAPS
frame duration
FCC
frame frequency
FCC
frame grabber
FCC registration program
frame matching
FCS
frame overhead
FDD
frame pitch
FDDI
frame rate
FDDI-2
frame relay
FDHM
frame relaying protocol data unit (FPDU)
FDM
frame relaying service data unit (FSDU)
FDMA
frame size
FDT
frame slip
FDX
frame synchronization
FE
frame synchronization pattern
feature code
frame-alignment recovery time
FEC
frame-alignment signal
FECM
frame-alignment time slot
Federal Communications Commission
frame-rate conversion
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) [State and County Codes]
framed interface
Federal Networking Council (FNC)
framing
Federal Telecommunications System (FTS)
framing bit
Federal Telecommunications System 2000 service
framing signal
feed
Fraunhofer diffraction pattern
feed-forward path
Fraunhofer region
feedback
free net
feedback path
free routing
feeder echo noise
free space
feeder link
free-running capability
Fence
free-space coupling
fence penetrability
free-space loss
FEP
freenet
Fermat's principle
freeware
FET photodetector
freeze frame
fetch protection
freeze frame television
fiber
freeze-out
fiber amplifier
freeze-out fraction
fiber axis
frequency
fiber bandwidth
frequency accuracy
fiber buffer
frequency aging
fiber cable
frequency allocation
fiber cutoff wavelength (
cf
)
frequency allotment
fiber dispersion
frequency assignment
fiber distributed data interface (FDDI)
frequency assignment authority
fiber optic bus
frequency averaging
fiber optic cable
frequency band
fiber optic isolator
frequency band allocation
fiber optic link
frequency coherence
fiber optics (FO)
frequency compatibility
fiber pigtail
frequency departure
Fiber-to-the-Curb (FTTC)
frequency deviation
Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN)
frequency dispersal
Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP)
frequency displacement
fidelity
frequency distortion
FidoNet
frequency diversity
field
frequency drift
field intensity
frequency fluctuation
field strength
frequency flutter
field tag
frequency frogging
field wire
frequency guard band
field-disturbance sensor
frequency hopping
FIFO
frequency hour
file
frequency instability
file ACL class
frequency lock
file archive
frequency modulation (FM)
file name extension
Frequency of Optimum Traffic (FOT)
file other class
Frequency of Optimum Transmission (FOT)
file privilege attribute
frequency offset
file privilege flag
frequency prediction
file privilege state
frequency range
file protection
frequency response
file security
frequency response curve
file server
frequency scanning
file site
frequency sharing
file transfer
frequency shift
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
frequency source
file transfer, access, and management (FTAM)
frequency spectrum
file-oriented applications
frequency spectrum congestion
fill
frequency stability
fill bit
frequency standard
fill device
frequency synthesizer
fill-in area
frequency tolerance
fill-in signal unit (FISU)
frequency translation
filled cable
frequency-analysis compaction
FILO
frequency-change signaling
filter
frequency-derived channel
filtered symmetric differential phase-shift keying (FSDPSK)
frequency-division multiple access (FDMA)
final trunk group
frequency-division multiplexing (FDM)
finger
frequency-exchange signaling
finished call
frequency-hopping spread spectrum
FIP
frequency-shift keying (FSK)
FIP equipment
frequency-shift modulation
FIP system
frequency-shift signaling
FIPS
frequency-shift telegraphy
FIREFLY
frequently asked questions
firewall
Fresnel diffraction pattern
firmware
Fresnel reflection
first window
Fresnel zone
first-in first-out (FIFO)
front-end noise temperature
first-in last-out (FILO)
front-end processor (FEP)
first-route traffic
front-end security filter
FISINT
front-to-back ratio
five-hundred (500) service
FSAN
fixed access
FSDPSK
fixed attenuator
FSK
fixed loop
FTAM
fixed microwave auxiliary station
FTP
fixed service (FX)
FTP archive
fixed station
FTP mail
fixed storage
FTS
fixed-reference modulation
FTS2000
fixed-satellite service
FTS2001
fixed-tolerance-band compaction
FTTC
flag
FTTH
flag sequence
FTTN
flame
FTTP
flash
FTTx
flash card
full carrier
flash feature
full carrier single-sideband emission
flash memory card
full duration at half maximum (FDHM)
FLASH message
full load level (FLL)
flash signal
full modulation
flat fading
full processing
flat rate service
full width at half maximum (FWHM)
flat weighting
full-duplex (FDX) circuit
flaw
full-duplex (FDX) operation
flaw hypothesis methodology
full-motion operation
Fleming's rule
fully connected mesh network
flexible disk
fully connected topology
flicker
fully intermateable connectors
flip-flop
fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
float operation
function signal
floating
functional component (FC)
floating head
functional profile
floating-point coding compaction
functional signaling
flood projection
functional signaling link
flood search routing
functional testing
flooding
functional unit
flooding compound
functionality
floppy disk
functionality class
flops
fundamental
flow control
fundamental mode
flow control procedure
furcate
flow diagram
fuse
flowchart
fused silica
flowline
fusion
FLUTE
fusion splice
flutter
FVOD
flux
FW
flying head
FW/NAT
flywheel effect
FWHM
flywheeling
FX
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