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Back to A, Forward to C

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• = Term carried over from FS-1037C
• = New term from open literature
• = New term from ANSI T1 sources

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• b
• B
• babble
• backbone
• back door
• background
• background noise
• background processing
• backhaul
• backscattering
• back-to-back connection
• backup
• backup file
• backward channel
• backward indicator bit (BIB)
• backward recovery
• backward sequence number (BSN)
• backward signal
• backward supervision
• bacterium
• bad sectoring
• balance
• balanced
• balanced code
• balanced line
• balanced modulator
• balanced signal pair
• balance return loss
• balancing network
• balun
• band
• band-elimination filter
• bandpass filter
• bandpass limiter
• band-rejection filter
• band-stop filter
• band-suppression filter
• bandwidth (BW)
• bandwidth balancing mechanism
• bandwidth compression
• bandwidth•distance product
• bandwidth•length product
• bandwidth-limited operation
• bandwidth (of an optical fiber)
• bang
• banner
• banner page
• bar code
• barrage jamming
• base
• base address
• baseband
• baseband local area network
• baseband modulation
• baseband signaling
• basecom
• base communications (basecom)
• base Earth station
• base key
• base station
• basic access
• basic call
• basic call process (BCP)
• basic exchange telecommunications radio service (BETRS)
• basic group
• basic mode link control
• basic rate interface (BRI)
• basic service
• basic service element (BSE)
• basic serving arrangement (BSA)
• basic status
• bastion host
• batched communications
• batched transmission
• batch processing
• baud (Bd)
• Baudot code
• BCC
• BCD
• B channel
• BCH code
• BCI
• Bd
• beacon
• beam
• beam diameter
• beam divergence
• beamsplitter
• beam steering
• beamwidth
• bearer channel
• bearer service
• beating
• beeping
• Bell-La Padula security model
• benign
• benign environment
• beta test
• B8ZS
• bel (B)
• bell (BEL) character
• Bell Operating Company (BOC)
• bend loss
• BER
• BERT
• BETRS
• between-the-lines entry
• BEX
• b frame
• bias
• bias distortion
• biased
• biconical antenna
• bidirectional asymmetry
• bidirectional connection
• bidirectional coupler
• bidirectional symmetry
• big-endian
• BIH
• bilateral control
• bilateral synchronization
• billboard antenna
• binary
• binary code
• binary-coded decimal (BCD)
• binary-coded decimal code
• binary-coded decimal interchange code
• binary-coded decimal (BCD) notation
• binary-coded decimal representation
• binary digit (bit)
• binary element
• binary exponential backoff
• binary modulation
• binary notation
• binary number
• binary string
• binary synchronous (bi-sync) communication
• binding
• biometric
• biometrics
• biphase modulation
• bipolar signal
• bipolar violation
• birefringence
• birefringent medium
• birthday phenomenon
• B-ISDN
• bistable
• bistable circuit
• bistable multivibrator
• bistable trigger circuit
• bi-sync
• bit
• bit-by-bit asynchronous operation
• bit configuration
• bit-count integrity (BCI)
• bit density
• bit depth
• biternary transmission
• bit error
• bit error rate
• bit error ratio (BER)
• bit error ratio tester (BERT)
• bit interleaved parity N (BIP-N)
• bit interval
• bit inversion
• bitmap
• bitmapped graphics
• bit masking
• BITNET
• bit pairing
• bit period (T)
• bit position
• bit rate (BR)
• bit-rate•distance product
• bit robbing
• bit-sequence independence
• bit slip
• bits per inch (b/in)
• bits per pixel (BPP)
• bits per second (b/s)
• bit-stepped
• bit-stream transmission
• bit string
• bit stuffing
• bit stuffing rate
• bit synchronization
• bit synchronous operation
• BIU
• BLACK
• blackbody
• black box
• black burst
• black facsimile transmission
• black level
• black noise
• black recording
• black signal
• BLACK signal
• blanketing
• blanketing area
• blanking
• blanking interval
• blanking level
• blind transmission
• blinking
• block
• block character
• block check
• block check character (BCC)
• block code
• block diagram
• block distortion
• block dropping
• block efficiency
• block error
• block-error probability
• block-error ratio
• blocking
• blocking criterion
• blocking factor
• blocking formula
• blocking network
• block length
• block-loss probability
• block-misdelivery probability
• block parity
• block transfer
• block transfer attempt
• block transfer efficiency
• block transfer failure
• block transfer rate
• block transfer time
• blue noise
• blue-screening
• Bluetooth
• blurring
• BNC connector
• BOC
• Boltzmann's constant (k)
• bond
• bonding
• bookmark
• bookmark list
• Boolean function
• Boolean operation
• bootstrap
• bootup
• boot up
• boresight
• Bose-Chaudhuri-Hochquenghem code
• bot
• bounce
• bouncing busy hour (BBH)
• boundary
• bound mode
• bound ray
• bpi
• braid
• branch
• branching network
• branching repeater
• branch point
• breach
• breadboard
• break interval
• break out
• break-out box
• breakout cable
• breakout kit
• Brewster's angle
• Brewster's law
• BRI
• brick
• brick wall filter
• bridge
• bridged ringing
• bridged tap
• bridge lifter
• bridge-to-bridge station
• bridge transformer
• bridging connection
• bridging loss
• brightness
• Brillouin diagram
• Brillouin scattering
• broadband
• broadband exchange (BEX)
• broadband ISDN (B-ISDN)
• broadband system
• broadcasting-satellite service
• broadcasting satellite space station
• broadcasting service
• broadcasting station
• broadcast operation
• broadside antenna
• brouter
• browser
• browsing
• brute-force attack
• b/s
• BSA
• BSE
• BSI
• B6ZS
• B3ZS
• budgeting
• buffer
• buffer amplifier
• bug
• building out
• build-out delay
• bulk encryption
• bulletin board
• bunched frame-alignment signal
• bundle
• buried cable
• buried plant
• burst
• burst isochronous
• burst switching
• burst transmission
• bus
• bus interface unit (BIU)
• bus network
• bus topology
• busy back
• busy hour
• busy season
• busy signal
• busy test
• busy tone
• busy verification
• BW
• bypass
• byte (B)

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