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Term

Definition

AAL	ATM adaption layer
ACP	adjacent-channel power
ACPR	adjacent-channel power rejection
ACPR	adjacent-channel protection ratio
ACPW	asymmetrical coplanar waveguide
ACTS	advanced communications technology and Services
ADC	analog-to-digital converter
ADM	add-drop multiplexer
ADPCM	adaptive differential pulse-code modulation
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
AON	all optical network
APD	avalanche photo-detector; avalanche photodiode
APON	ATM-based broadband PON
AR	antireflective
As	arsenic
ATM	asynchronous transfer mode
AWG	array waveguide grating