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| Acronym | |
| ACR | Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio |
| ACRF | Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio Far-End |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode |
| AWG | American Wire Gauge |
| BELLCORE | Bell Communications Research |
| BICSI | Building Industry Consulting Services International |
| CATV | Community Antenna Television |
| EIA | Electronic Industries Alliance |
| ELFEXT | Equal Level Far-End Crosstalk |
| EMC | Electromagnetic Compatibility |
| EMI | Electromagnetic Interference |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface |
| FEXT | Far-End Crosstalk |
| FOCIS | Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Standard |
| F/UTP | Foil Over Unshielded Twisted Pairs |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IEEE | The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| ILD | Insertion Loss Deviation |
| LCL | Longitudinal Conversion Loss |
| LCTL | Longitudinal Conversion Transfer Loss |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode |
| Mb/s | Megabits Per Second |
| MUTOA | Multi-User telecommunications Outlet Assembly |
| NEC® | National Electrical Code® |
| NEMA | National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
| NESC | National Electrical Safety Code® |
| NEXT | Near-End Crosstalk |
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Association |
| NVP | Nominal Velocity of Propagation |
| PSACR | Power Sum Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio |
| PSACRF | Power Sum Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio Far-End |
| PSELFEXT | Power Sum Equal Level Far-End Crosstalk |
| PSFEXT | Power Sum Far-End Crosstalk |
| PSNEXT | Power Sum Near-End Crosstalk |
| SFTP | Braided Shield Over Pairs in Foil |
| STP | Shielded Twisted-Pair |
| TIA | Telecommunications Industry Association |
| TSB | Telecommunications System Bulletin |
| UL | Underwriters Laboratories |
| UTP | Unshielded Twisted-Pair |
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