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== terminology ==
 
== terminology ==
  
DSL -  Digital Subscriber Line
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* DSL -  Digital Subscriber Line
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
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* ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
CO - Central Office (service provider)
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* CO - Central Office (service provider)
DSLAM - DSL Access Multiplexer
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* DSLAM - DSL Access Multiplexer
PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
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* PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
FDM - Frequency Division Multiplexing
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* FDM - Frequency Division Multiplexing
POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
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* POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
CAP - Carrierless Amplitude Phase
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* CAP - Carrierless Amplitude Phase
DMT - Discrete MultiTone
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* DMT - Discrete MultiTone
QAM - Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
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* QAM - Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
DWMT - Discrete Wavelet MultiTone
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* DWMT - Discrete Wavelet MultiTone
R-ADSL - Rate-Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line  
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* R-ADSL - Rate-Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line  
HDSL - High Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line
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* HDSL - High Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line
VDSL - Very High Bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
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* VDSL - Very High Bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
  
  

Revision as of 13:14, 11 August 2012

DSL, Digital Subscriber Line, is a high-speed Internet service over ordinary phone lines using broadband modem technology. DSL technology allows Internet and telephone service to work over the same phone line without requiring customers to disconnect either their voice or Internet connections.

terminology

  • DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
  • ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
  • CO - Central Office (service provider)
  • DSLAM - DSL Access Multiplexer
  • PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
  • FDM - Frequency Division Multiplexing
  • POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
  • CAP - Carrierless Amplitude Phase
  • DMT - Discrete MultiTone
  • QAM - Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
  • DWMT - Discrete Wavelet MultiTone
  • R-ADSL - Rate-Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line
  • HDSL - High Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line
  • VDSL - Very High Bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line