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The below is a list of missing computer and telecommunication terms.

List of computer programming terms:

• associative retrieval
• context-free help (re: context-sensitive help)
• retrieval service
• instruction set matrix
• security filter

Words found in object-oriented programming. Some are related to OOP and some not.

• Allocated class
• Cascaded message
• Client-side computing
• Dynamic class
• Dynamic variable
• Generic method
• isa link
• Message selector (also called method selector)
• Method designator
• Method lookup
• Persistent object
• Receiver
• Shadowed name
• Single-assignment variable
• Specification class, a class implementing abstract class
• Composition (computing)
• Pseudo-variable
• Reference variable

List of computer hardware related terms:

• communications processor unit (CPU) - maybe CPU?
• process interface system
• security filter
• process computer system

List of computer graphics related terms:

• addressable point
• stroke (graphics) (not listed on stroke (disambiguation))

List of coding-related terms:

• alphabetic code
• analog encoding
• bit configuration
• binary element
• dense binary code
• digital alphabet
• dipulse coding
• non-return-to-zero change-on-ones (NRZ1)
• non-return-to-zero mark (NRZ-M)
• n-unit code
• reconstructed sample
• segmented encoding law
• synchronization code
• uniform encoding
• unit-distance code
• variant
• zero-level decoder

List of telecommunications encryption terms:

bulk encryption -- cipher -- cipher system -- cipher text -- ciphony -- civision -- codress message -- compromise -- COMSEC equipment -- cover -- cryptanalysis -- CRYPTO -- Data Encryption Standard (DES) -- decipher -- decode -- decrypt -- descrambler -- encipher -- encode -- encoding law -- encrypt -- end-to-end encryption -- garble -- group -- key -- key distribution center (KDC) -- key management -- key stream -- link encryption -- multiplex link encryption -- net control station (NCS) -- null -- OTAR -- plaintext -- protected distribution system (PDS) -- protection interval (PI) -- pseudorandom number generator -- public key cryptography -- RED/BLACK concept -- RED signal -- rekeying -- remote rekeying -- security management -- spoofing -- superencryption -- synchronous crypto-operation -- transmission security key (TSK) -- trunk encryption device (TED) -- type 1 encryption -- type 2 encryption -- type 3 encryption -- type 4 encryption -- unique key -- variant -- vocoder

List of telecommunication network terms:

--LANs, MANs and WANs--

baseband local area network -- bridge -- brouter -- carrier sense -- Channel service unit -- domain name server -- Ethernet -- fiber distributed data interface (FDDI) -- head end -- Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol -- LAN application (software) -- lobe attaching unit -- local area network (LAN) -- logical link control sublayer (LLC) -- metropolitan area network (MAN) -- network control program (NCP) -- network interface device (NID) -- network topology -- physical signaling sublayer (PLS) -- ring latency -- ring network -- server -- S interface -- slotted-ring network -- switched multimegabit data services (SMDS) -- tail circuit -- token -- token-bus network -- token passing -- token ring adapter -- truncated binary exponential backoff -- wide area network (WAN)

--Layered systems and open architecture--

abstract syntax -- encapsulation -- expedited data unit -- GOSIP -- high-level control -- intermediate system -- LAP-B -- layer -- layered system -- logical link control sublayer (LLC) -- medium access control sublayer (MAC) -- n-entity -- network termination 1 (NT1) -- network termination 2 (NT2) -- n-user -- open system -- open systems architecture -- Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) -- Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)--architecture -- Open Systems Interconnection Specification (OSI)--Protocol -- Open Systems Interconnection--Reference Model (OSI--RM) -- Open Systems Interconnection Definitions (OSI)--Service -- Open Systems Interconnection Management (OSI)--Systems -- peer entity -- peer group -- physical signaling sublayer (PLS) -- protocol (computing) -- protocol-control information -- protocol data unit (PDU) -- protocol hierarchy -- service -- service access point (SAP) -- service data unit (SDU) -- SONET -- standardized profile -- Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) -- TCP/IP -- TCP/IP Suite -- terminal endpoint functional group (TE) -- virtual terminal (VT) -- wrapping

--Networking--

access group -- address field -- asynchronous network -- backbone -- branching network -- client -- closed user group -- commercial refile -- control station -- delayed-delivery facility -- democratically synchronized network -- despotically synchronized network -- differentiating network -- directed net -- distributed control -- distributed network -- distributed-queue dual-bus (DQDB) -- endpoint node -- equivalent network -- free net -- gateway -- global address -- GOSIP -- group address -- hierarchical computer network -- hierarchically synchronized network -- hotline -- hybrid communications network -- hypermedia -- intelligent network (IN) -- intelligent peripheral (IP) -- interconnection -- intermediate element -- internetworking -- interworking functions -- leg -- link -- logical topology -- loop transmission -- maritime broadcast communications net -- master station -- mediation function -- multicast -- multichannel -- multilevel precedence and preemption (MLPP) -- multilink operation -- multiple media -- multipoint access -- net operation -- network -- network control program (NCP) -- network engineering -- network interface -- network interface card -- network topology -- noncentralized operation -- nonsynchronous network -- open network architecture (ONA) -- overhead information -- packet switching -- path -- PCS -- physical topology -- point-to-point link -- polling -- portability -- POSIX -- precedence -- primary channel -- primary station -- public data network (PDN) -- public switched network (PSN) -- radio net -- relay -- remote access -- remote logon -- route -- routine message -- seizing -- server -- service termination point -- signal center -- signal transfer point (STP) -- sliding window -- slot (communications) -- slotted-ring network -- slot time -- sublayer -- subnetwork -- switched circuit -- symmetrical channel -- synchronous data link control (SDLC) -- synchronous network -- synchronous transmission -- system failure transfer -- system follow-up -- system signaling and supervision -- tandem -- teleconference -- Terminal Access Controller (TAC) -- terminal adapter -- terminal endpoint functional group (TE) -- through group -- through supergroup -- T-interface -- token-bus network -- token passing -- token-ring network -- trace packet -- unidirectional operation -- U interface -- Universal Personal Telecommunications (UPT) -- virtual network -- virus -- wrapping

--Network management--

accounting management -- administrative management complex (AMC) -- attribute -- customer management complex -- fault management -- managed object -- network administration -- network management -- network manager -- operations system -- performance management -- security management -- system management -- telecommunications management network (TMN) -- teletraffic engineering

--Networks--

ARPANet -- Automatic Digital Network (AUTODIN) -- Automatic Secure Voice Communications Network (AUTOSEVOCOM) -- Automatic Voice Network (AUTOVON) -- command net -- common user network -- communications net -- communications network -- computer network -- Defense Communications System (DCS) -- Defense Data Network (DDN) -- Defense Switched Network (DSN) -- Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) -- integrated digital network (IDN) -- The Internet -- joint multichannel trunking and switching system -- Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) -- National Communications System (NCS) -- National Information Infrastructure (NII) -- value-added network (VAN)

--Network topology and architecture--

client-server architecture -- network architecture -- network connectivity -- network topology -- node -- physical topology -- ring network

List of telecommunications transmission terms:

--Noise--

ambient noise level -- antenna noise temperature -- atmospheric noise -- background noise -- blue noise -- carrier noise level -- carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR) -- carrier-to-receiver noise density (C/kT) -- channel noise level -- circuit noise level -- closed-loop noise bandwidth -- C-message weighting -- cosmic noise -- effective input noise temperature -- equipment intermodulation noise -- equivalent noise resistance -- equivalent noise temperature -- equivalent pulse code modulation noise (PCM) -- equivalent satellite link noise temperature -- feeder echo noise -- flat weighting -- FM improvement factor -- FM improvement threshold -- front-end noise temperature -- HA1-receiver weighting -- idle-channel noise -- impulse noise -- in-band noise power ratio -- intermodulation noise -- intrinsic noise -- loop noise -- modal noise -- mode partition noise -- noise -- notched noise -- 144-line weighting -- 144-receiver weighting -- phase noise -- photon noise -- process gain -- proration -- pseudorandom noise -- psophometric weighting -- quantizing noise -- quantum noise -- quantum-noise-limited operation -- random noise -- received noise power -- reference noise -- shot noise -- signal-plus-noise-to-noise ratio ) ((S+N)/N) -- signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) -- signal-to-noise ratio per bit -- SINAD -- snow -- stereophonic crosstalk -- thermal noise -- total channel noise -- white noise -- worst hour of the year

--Transmission and propagation--

absolute delay -- analog transmission -- anisochronous -- anomalous propagation (AP) -- asynchronous transmission -- atmospheric duct -- babble -- backscattering -- batched transmission -- bit-stream transmission -- burst transmission -- channel -- coupled modes -- critical frequency -- critical wavelength -- cross-polarized operation -- Dellinger effect -- digital transmission group -- digital transmission system -- digital voice transmission -- diurnal phase shift -- double-sideband transmission (DSB) -- double-sideband reduced carrier transmission (DSB-RC) -- double-sideband suppressed-carrier transmission (DSB-SC) -- D region -- ducting -- duplex operation -- echo -- electronic line of sight -- elevated duct region erlang -- flutter -- forward scatter -- Frequency of optimum transmission (FOT) -- F region -- Fresnel zone -- ground wave -- group velocity -- homogeneous cladding -- intermediate-field region -- ionosphere -- ionospheric absorption -- ionospheric disturbance -- ionospheric forward scatter -- ionospheric reflection -- ionospheric scatter -- ionospheric turbulence -- isochronous burst transmission -- k-factor -- knife-edge effect -- line-of-sight propagation (LOS) -- magnetic storm -- magneto-ionic double refraction -- material scattering -- maximum usable frequency (MUF) -- Mie scattering -- multipath -- near-field region -- near-vertical-incidence skywave -- parallel transmission -- path clearance -- path profile -- primary service area -- propagation -- propagation constant -- propagation mode -- propagation path obstruction -- propagation time delay -- pulse broadening -- quasi-analog transmission -- radiation scattering -- ray -- Rayleigh fading -- Rayleigh scattering -- reflecting layer -- reflection -- refracted ray -- refraction -- refractive index (n, ) -- relative transmission level -- [[right-hand [clockwise] polarized wave]] -- ring latency -- scattering -- scintillation -- serial transmission -- shadow loss -- simplex operation -- skip distance -- skip zone -- sky wave -- smooth Earth -- space diversity -- sporadic E -- sunspot -- surface wave -- synchronous transmission -- time block -- trapped electromagnetic wave -- troposphere -- tropospheric scatter -- tropospheric wave -- undisturbed day -- virtual height -- waveguide

--Transmission lines--

artificial transmission line -- balanced line -- building out -- bundle -- cable -- Category 3 -- Category 4 -- Category 5 -- coaxial cable (coax) -- composite cable -- direct-buried cable -- directional coupler -- electrical length -- fiber optic cable -- field wire -- filled cable -- group delay -- hybrid cable -- land line -- lay length -- line -- long line (telecommunications) -- loop -- medium -- nonloaded twisted pair -- on-premises wiring -- paired cable -- plenum cable -- quad -- quadded cable -- reflection -- reflection coefficient (RC) -- reflection loss -- return loss -- ribbon cable -- sheath -- sheath miles -- shielded pair -- shielded twisted pair -- skin effect -- slope -- slope equalizer -- spiral-four cable -- strength member -- symmetrical pair -- terminal impedance -- termination -- transmission line -- transverse electric and magnetic mode (TEM) -- transverse electric mode (TE) -- twin cable -- unbalanced line -- underground cable -- uniform transmission line -- voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) -- waveguide -- zip-cord

List of filter-related terms:

bandpass filter -- bandpass limiter -- band-stop filter -- character filter -- dichroic filter -- digital filter -- filter -- Hanning filter -- high-pass filter -- interference filter -- Kalman filter -- loop filter -- low-pass filter -- mode filter -- optical filter -- roofing filter -- security filter

List of telecommunication-service-related terms:

--Services--

aeronautical fixed service -- aeronautical mobile (off-route) service (OR) -- aeronautical mobile (route) service (R) -- aeronautical mobile-satellite service -- aeronautical mobile-satellite (off-route) service (OR) -- aeronautical mobile-satellite (route) service (R) -- aeronautical mobile service -- aeronautical multicom service -- aeronautical radionavigation-satellite service -- aeronautical radionavigation service -- amateur-satellite service -- amateur service -- Archie -- Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) -- attendant position -- base communications (basecom) -- basic exchange telecommunications radio service (BETRS) -- basic service -- basic service element (BSE) -- basic serving arrangement (BSA) -- Centrex® service (CTX) -- class of service -- common management information service (CMIS) -- comparably efficient interconnection (CEI) -- complementary network service (CNS) -- consolidated local telecommunications service -- conversational service -- custom local area signaling service (CLASS) -- dedicated service -- domestic fixed public service -- domestic public radio services -- eight-hundred service (800) -- enhanced service -- facility -- Federal Telecommunications System (FTS) -- five-hundred service (500) -- flat rate service -- foreign exchange service (FX) -- FTS2000 -- interactive service -- intercom -- inter-satellite service -- leased circuit -- maritime mobile-satellite service -- maritime mobile service -- maritime radionavigation-satellite service -- maritime radionavigation service -- message service -- meteorological aids service -- meteorological-satellite service -- mobile-satellite service -- mobile service -- multipoint distribution service -- nine-hundred service (900) -- other common carrier (OCC) -- paging -- PCS -- port operations service -- private NS/EP telecommunications services -- provisioning -- public data transmission service -- public switched network (PSN) -- public switched NS/EP telecommunications services -- public switched telephone network (PSTN) -- radio channel -- radio common carrier (RCC) -- radiodetermination-satellite service -- radiolocation service -- radionavigation-satellite service -- resale carrier -- resale service -- reserved circuit service -- restricted access -- retrieval service -- rural radio service -- rural subscriber station -- safety service -- service access point (SAP) -- service bit -- seven-hundred service (700) -- space research service -- special grade of service -- standard frequency and time signal-satellite service -- teleaction service -- telecommunications service -- Telecommunications Service Priority service (TSP) -- teletex -- teletext -- Telex® -- unbundling -- Universal Personal Telecommunications service (UPT) -- universal service -- viewdata -- voice grade -- white pages -- Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS) -- World Wide Web (WWW)

--Service features--

abbreviated dialing -- access control -- add-on conference -- automatic answering -- automatic identified outward dialing (AIOD) -- automatic message accounting (AMA) -- automatic number identification (ANI) -- automatic redial -- automatic sequential connection -- busy verification -- call detail recording (CDR) -- called-line identification facility -- called-party camp-on -- caller ID -- call forwarding -- call hold -- calling-line identification facility -- calling-party camp-on -- call pickup -- call restriction -- calls-barred facility -- call splitting -- call transfer -- call waiting -- classmark -- conference call -- consultation hold -- dial service assistance (DSA) -- dial-up -- direct dialing service -- direct distance dialing (DDD) -- direct inward dialing (DID) -- direct outward dialing (DOD) -- essential service -- extended area service (EAS) -- fixed loop -- group alerting and dispatching system -- line load control -- multiaddress calling -- network inward dialing (NID) -- network outward dialing (NOD) -- remote access -- remote call forwarding -- service feature -- speed calling -- spill-forward feature -- three-way calling -- transit network identification -- verified off-hook -- virtual call -- virtual circuit capability

List of telephony terms:

--ISDN--

access contention -- B channel -- bearer service -- broadband ISDN (B-ISDN) -- circuit transfer mode -- contribution -- customer access -- D channel -- demand service -- digital subscriber line (DSL) -- distribution -- distribution service -- event -- frame -- functional signaling -- H-channel -- hybrid interface structure -- interactive service -- interface functionality -- interface payload -- ISDN -- labeled channel -- labeled interface structure -- labeled multiplexing -- labeled statistical channel -- LAP-D -- messaging service -- network element (NE) -- network termination -- network termination 1 (NT1) -- network termination 2 (NT2) -- positioned channel -- post-production processing -- primary rate interface (PRI) -- reference configuration -- reference point -- reserved circuit service -- retrieval service -- R interface -- Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) -- S interface -- synchronous transfer mode -- teleaction service -- terminal adapter -- T-interface -- transfer mode -- transit delay -- T reference point -- U interface -- V reference point -- wide area network (WAN)

--Switching--

analog switch -- broadband exchange (BEX) -- burst switching -- call progress signal -- circuit-switched data transmission service -- circuit switching -- class of office -- common control -- congestion -- crosspoint -- digital switching -- distributed switching -- electronic switching system (ESS) -- fast packet switching -- first-in last-out (FIFO) -- interrupted continuous wave (ICW) -- joint multichannel trunking and switching system -- message switching -- multiple access -- multiple homing -- nonblocking switch -- off-hook signal -- one-way trunk -- pilot-make-busy circuit (PMB) -- private exchange (PX) -- public switched network (PSN) -- public switched NS/EP telecommunications services -- public switched telephone network (PSTN) -- queuing delay -- rotary hunting -- seizing -- semiautomatic switching system -- signal transfer point (STP) -- space-division switching -- spill forward -- split homing -- step-by-step switching system (SXS) -- switch -- switchboard -- switch busy hour -- switching -- synchronous transfer mode -- Tactical Automatic Digital Switching System (TADSS) -- thin-film optical switch -- three-way calling -- time-division switching -- trunk -- wink pulsing

--Telephony hardware--

acoustic coupler -- aerial cable -- aerial insert -- applique -- central office (C.O.) -- combined distribution frame (CDF) -- common battery -- conditioned loop -- connecting arrangement -- cord circuit -- cord lamp -- cordless switchboard -- crossbar switch -- cross-connection -- cross-office trunk -- customer office terminal (COT) -- customer service unit (CSU) -- dial switching equipment -- digital access and cross-connect system (DACS) -- digital circuit patch bay -- digital loop carrier (DLC) -- digital primary patch bay -- digital switch -- distribution frame -- drop -- DSA board -- D-type patch bay -- electrically powered telephone -- embedded base equipment -- embedded customer-premises equipment -- end instrument -- end office -- entrance facility -- entrance point -- entrance room -- equal-level patch bay -- equipment room -- equipment side -- exchange -- exchange facilities -- extension bell -- four-wire repeater -- grandfathered systems -- grandfathered terminal equipment -- group distribution frame (GDF) -- high-frequency distribution frame (HFDF) -- individual line -- inside plant -- integrated station -- intercom -- intermediate distribution frame (IDF) -- interoffice trunk -- interposition trunk -- interswitch trunk -- intertoll trunk -- intraoffice trunk -- key set -- key telephone system (KTS) -- K-type patch bay -- limited-protection voice equipment -- line side -- local battery -- local exchange loop -- local side -- main distribution frame (MDF) -- main station -- master frequency generator -- MM patch bay -- new customer premises equipment -- office classification -- off-premises extension (OPX) -- on-premises extension -- orderwire multiplex -- outside plant -- patch and test facility (PTF) -- plant -- private exchange (PX) -- private line -- proration -- protected distribution system (PDS) -- public switched telephone network (PSTN) -- rack -- repertory dialer -- rotary dial -- SECORD -- semiautomatic switching system -- signal center -- sound-powered telephone -- special grade access line -- splice closure -- station battery -- STU -- supergroup distribution frame (SGDF) -- switchboard -- switched circuit -- switched loop -- tandem center -- tandem office -- technical control facility (TCF) -- Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) -- telecommunications facilities -- telephone -- terminal equipment -- through-group equipment -- through-supergroup equipment -- tie trunk -- translator -- tributary office -- videophone -- vodas -- vogad -- voice frequency primary patch bay (VF)

List of fax-related terms:

analog facsimile equipment aperture distortion aspect ratio black facsimile transmission black recording black signal center frequency confirmation to receive continuous tone copy contouring cooperation factor density diametral index of cooperation digital facsimile equipment	direction of scanning direct recording drum factor drum speed electrochemical recording electrolytic recording electronic line scanning elemental area facsimile (FAX) flood projection frame graphics halftone characteristic hard copy horizontal resolution index of cooperation Kendall effect	landscape mode line-to-line correlation maximum keying frequency maximum modulating frequency multipath multiple-spot scanning noisy black noisy white nominal linewidth pel phasing photosensitive recording picture black picture frequency picture white	portrait mode record communication recording spot record medium reproduction speed run-length encoding scanning scanning direction scanning line signal contrast simple scanning skew solid-state scanning spot projection spot size spot speed
stagger start-record signal stop-record signal stroke speed synchronizing synchronizing pilot tailing total line length transmission time transverse redundancy check (TRC) underlap white facsimile transmission white signal X-dimension of recorded spot X-dimension of scanning spot Y-dimension of recorded spot Y-dimension of scanning spot

Glossary of antenna-related terms:

acceptance pattern antenna aperiodic antenna aperture (antenna) aperture illumination aperture-to-medium coupling loss beam beam diameter beam divergence beam steering beamwidth biconical antenna billboard antenna boresight Cassegrain antenna collinear antenna array corner reflector counterpoise departure angle despun antenna diplex operation dipole antenna directional antenna direct ray driven element effective antenna gain contour (of a steerable satellite beam) effective boresight area (of a steerable satellite beam) effective height effective isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) effective monopole radiated power (e.m.r.p.) (in a given direction) effective radiated power (e.r.p.) (in a given direction) fan-beam antenna far-field radiation pattern far-field region feed Fractal antenna Fresnel zone front-to-back ratio ground plane helical antenna heterodyne repeater horn hybrid coupler image antenna intermediate-field region isotropic antenna lobe log-periodic antenna (LP) loop main lobe multicoupler multi-element dipole antenna

natural frequency near-field region null omnidirectional antenna orthomode transducer parabolic antenna parasitic element periodic antenna periscope antenna phased array planar array plural of antenna propagation mode radiation pattern radiation resistance radio beam radio horizon radio horizon range (RHR) radio range reference antenna reflective array antenna rhombic antenna shadow loss side lobe single-polarized antenna skip zone sky wave slewing slot antenna slotted waveguide space diversity spillover spot beam T2FD antenna test antenna uniform linear array waveguide antenna whip antenna Yagi antenna

List of fiber optic terms:

See also list of optical topics.

acceptance angle -- acceptance cone -- aligned bundle -- all-silica fiber -- angle of incidence -- angle of refraction -- aramid yarn -- armor -- axial propagation constant -- bandwidth-distance product -- bound mode -- braid -- break out -- breakout cable -- buffer -- bundle -- cable -- cable cutoff wavelength (cc) -- cladding -- cladding diameter -- cladding mode -- cladding mode stripper -- cleave -- concentricity error -- core -- core area -- core diameter -- coupled modes -- coupling efficiency -- critical angle -- cutback technique -- cutoff mode -- cutoff wavelength -- deeply depressed cladding fiber -- dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) -- dielectric waveguide -- differential quantum efficiency -- dispersion (optics) -- dispersion-shifted fiber -- dispersion-unshifted fiber -- dopant -- doubly clad fiber -- differential phase shift keying -- (DPSK) duplex cable -- effective mode volume -- electrical length -- end finish -- equilibrium length -- equilibrium mode distribution (EMD) -- equilibrium mode simulator -- evanescent field -- evanescent mode -- extrinsic joint loss -- fiber amplifier -- fiber optic cable -- fiber optic link -- fiber optics (FO) -- first window -- flooding compound -- fundamental mode -- fusion splice -- gap loss -- gap-loss attenuator -- gel -- glass -- graded-index fiber -- graded-index profile -- group delay -- group index -- group velocity -- guided ray -- homogeneous cladding -- hybrid cable -- hybrid mode -- hydroxyl ion absorption -- inclusion -- index dip -- index-matching material -- insertion loss -- intensity modulation (IM) -- intramodal distortion -- intrinsic joint loss -- joint -- lateral offset loss -- launch angle -- launching fiber -- launch numerical aperture (LNA) -- lay length -- leaky mode -- leaky ray -- long wavelength -- macrobend -- macrobend loss -- mandrel wrapping -- material dispersion coefficient [M()] -- material scattering -- mechanical splice -- meridional ray -- microbend -- minimum bend radius -- minimum-dispersion window -- minimum-loss window -- modal distribution -- modal loss -- modal noise -- mode -- mode coupling -- mode field diameter (MFD) -- mode partition noise -- mode scrambler -- mode volume -- multifiber cable -- multifiber joint -- multimode distortion -- multimode optical fiber -- near-field region -- near-field scanning -- nonlinear scattering -- numerical aperture loss -- numerical aperture (NA ) -- OFC -- OFN -- OFNP -- OFNR -- open waveguide -- optical connector -- optical damage threshold -- optical fiber -- optical isolator -- optical junction -- ovality -- overfill -- parabolic profile -- PCS fiber -- phase term -- pigtail -- plastic-clad silica fiber -- polarization-maintaining optical fiber (PM) -- power-law index profile -- precision-sleeve splicing -- primary coating -- profile parameter (g ) -- quadruply clad fiber -- radiation angle -- radiation-hardened fiber -- radiation mode -- radiation pattern -- reference surface -- reflection loss -- refracted ray -- refractive index contrast -- refractive index (n, ) -- refractive index profile -- ribbon cable -- rip cord -- scattering center -- second window -- short wavelength -- silica -- single-mode optical fiber -- skew ray -- slab-dielectric waveguide -- soliton -- SONET -- spectral loss curve -- splice loss -- splice organizer -- star coupler -- step-index fiber -- step-index profile -- strength member -- substitution method -- surface wave -- tap -- tapered fiber -- T-coupler -- terminus -- thin-film optical waveguide -- third window -- tolerance field -- transmitter central wavelength range (max- min) -- transverse electric and magnetic mode (TEM) -- transverse electric mode (TE) -- transverse magnetic mode (TM) -- traveling wave -- vertex angle -- waveguide -- weakly guiding fiber -- window -- zero-dispersion slope -- zero-dispersion wavelength -- zip-cord --

Above derived from the Glossary of Telecommunication Terms published as Federal Standard 1037C. Please see the Federal Standard article for copyright-related issues, as not all parts of the source document are in the public domain. Additional terms have been added from different sources.