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TPOC 2006 Annual Report
Telecommunications Planning and Oversight Council
November 1, 2006
Glossary
- 2-1-1
- HHSC Information and Referral Program Network
- ACD
- Automated Call Distribution. A telephone facility that manages incoming calls using a database of handling instructions.
- AT&T
- American Telephone & Telegraph
- ATM
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode. A cell-based switching technology that organizes and transmits data using digital signal technology.
- Caller ID
- Caller Identification
- CAPnet
- Capitol Area Network
- CCTS
- Capitol Complex Telephone System
- Centrex
- Central Office Exchange Service. A type of business class telephone service.
- DIR
- Department of Information Resources
- DS-1
- Digital Signal, Level One. Also called T-1. A digital carrier system that transmits and receives at 1.544 Mbps, equivalent to 24 DS-0s.
- DS-3
- Digital Signal, Level Three. A digital carrier system that transmits and receives at 44.736 Mbps, equivalent to 28 DS-1s.
- DSL
- Digital Subscriber Line. A technology that delivers high bandwidth over traditional copper wire.
- FY
- Fiscal Year
- GAATN
- Greater Austin Area Telecommunications Network
- HHSC
- Health and Human Services Commission
- HHSCN
- Health and Human Services Consolidated Network
- IEE
- HHSC Integrated Eligibility and Enrollment Program Network
- InterLATA
- Between more than one LATA
- IntraLATA
- Within one LATA
- IP
- Internet Protocol
- ISP
- Internet Service Provider
- IT
- Information Technology
- K–12
- Public education, Kindergarten through twelfth grade
- Kbps
- Kilobits per Second (1000 bits per second)
- LAN
- Local Area Network
- LAR
- Legislative Appropriations Request
- LATA
- Local Access and Transport Area
- LBB
- Legislative Budget Board
- LEARN
- Lonestar Education and Research Network
- Mbps
- Megabits per Second (1,000,000 bits per second)
- MPLS
- Multiprotocol Label Switching
- OC-12
- Optical Carrier, Level Twelve. A fiber-optic carrier system that transmits and receives at 622.08 Mbps.
- POP
- Point-of-Presence
- PVC
- Permanent Virtual Circuit
- QOS
- Quality of Service
- SBC
- SBC Communications, Inc.
- SONET
- Synchronous Optical Network
- Status Report
- Status of the Plan for the State Government Telecommunications Network
- Strategic Plan
- Strategic Plan for State Government Telecommunications Services
- TATF
- TEX-AN Advisory Task Force
- TBPC
- Texas Building and Procurement Commission
- TEX-AN
- Texas Agency Network
- TEX-AN 2000
- Texas Agency Network 2000. The current platform for the centralized statewide telecommunications network.
- TPFA
- Texas Public Finance Authority
- TPOC
- Telecommunications Planning and Oversight Council
- VOIP
- Voice over Internet Protocol; voice communications delivered across the Internet
- VPN
- Virtual Private Network
- WAN
- Wide Area Network
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