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Technical Abbreviations

Here's a handy list of the most common technical abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms used within our industry.

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A

A/D – Analog to Digital

AALC – Air Assisted Liquid Cooling

AAS – Advanced or Active Antenna System

AAU – Active Antenna Unit

AC – Alternating Current

AC/DC – Alternating Current to Direct Current (converter / power supply)

ACK – Acknowledgement

ACP – Average CPU Power

ACS – Active Current Sharing or American Chemical Society

ADC – Analog to Digital Converter

ADM – Add/Drop Multiplexer

ADSL – Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line

AFU – Antenna Filter Unit

AGC – Automatic Gain Control

AGI – Artificial General Intelligence

AGV – Automated Guided Vehicle

AI – Artificial Intelligence

AISG – Antenna Interface Standards Group

AMC – Advanced Mezzanine Card

AMH – Automated Material Handling

AMP – Architects of Modern Power or Amplifier

AMR – Autonomous Mobile Robot

ANSI – American National Standards Institute

AOI – Automated Optical Inspection

AON – Active Optical Network

AP – Access Point

API – Application Programming Interface

APM – Advanced Power Management

APQT – Advanced Product Quality Planning

APT – Average Power Tracking

APU – Accelerated Processing Unit

AR – Augmented Reality

AS – Access Server

ART – Adaptive Ramp Time

ASCR – A Single Cycle Response (digital compensator)

ASIC – Application Specific Integrated Circuit

ASIL – Automotive Safety Integrity Level

ASM – Advanced Sleep Mode

ASRS – Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems

ASSP – Application Specific Standard Product

ATCA – Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture

ATE – Automated Test Equipment

ATM – Asynchronous Transfer Mode

AVA – Analog Voltage Adjust

AVL – Approved Vendor List

AVS – Adaptive Voltage Scaling

AVSBus – Adaptive Voltage Scaling Bus

AWG – American Wire Gauge

AWS – Amazon Web Services

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B

BBU – Baseband Unit or Battery Backup Unit

BEM – Boundary Element Method

BER – Bit Error Rate

BFN – Beam Forming Network

BGA – Ball Grid Array / solder Bump Grid Array

BJT – Bipolar Junction Transistor

BMC – Baseboard Management Controller

BMP – Board Mounted Power

BMPS – Board Mounted Power Supply

BMR – Board Mounted Regulator

BMS – Battery Management System

BoM – Bill of Materials

BSC – Base Station Controller

BSI – British Standards Institute

BSS – Base Station System

BTS – Base Transceiver Station

BW – Bandwidth

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C

CA – Controller Assembly

CAD – Computer Aided Design

CAGR – Compound Annual Growth Rate

CAN – Controller Area Network (bus)

CAN FD – Controller Area Network Flexible Data-rate

CAS – Chemical Abstracts Service (number)

CAVs – Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

CB – Certification Body

CBC – Cycle By Cycle (protection)

CC – Constant Current

CCM – Continuous Conduction Mode

CDM – Coolant Distribution Manifold

CDMA – Code Division Multiple Access

CDN – Content Delivery Network

CDR – Critical Design Review

CDU – Coolant Distribution Unit

CE – Conformité Européenne (European Conformity) or Customer Edge

CEN – Comité Européen de Normalisation (European Committee for Standardization)

CENELEC – Comité Européen de Normalisation Électrotechnique (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization)

CEM – Contract Electronics Manufacturer

CFD – Computational Fluid Dynamics

CFM – Cubic Feet per Minute (airflow)

CFP – Common FootPrint

CM – Common Mode (noise/choke)

CMOS – Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CMRR – Common Mode Rejection Ratio

CMRT – Conflict Minerals Reporting Template

CMTI – Common Mode Transient Immunity

CNN – Convolutional Neural Network

CoC – Certificate of Conformance

CoO – Country of Origin

COS – Continuity of Supply

COT – Constant On Time

COTS – Commercial Off The Shelf

CPA – Centralized Power Architecture

CPE – Customer Premises Equipment

CPO – Co-Packaged Optics

CPU – Central Processing Unit

CQC – China Quality Certification

CRAC – Computer Room Air Conditioner

CRAH – Computer Room Air Handler

C-RAN – Centralized Radio Access Network or Cloud Radio Access Network

CSA – Canadian Standards Association

CSP – Communication Service Provider

CSV – Comma Separated Values

CTBP – Control, Transport, Baseband & Power

CTI – Comparative Tracking Index

CTW – Cooling Tower Water

CU – Centralized Unit

CV – Constant Voltage

CWDM – Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing

CXL – Compute eXpress Link

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D

D2C – Direct to Chip (liquid cooling)

D-AMPS – Digital Advanced Mobile Phone System

D/A – Digital to Analog

DAC – Digital to Analog Converter

DAP – Delivered At Place

DAS – Distributed Antenna System

DBF – Digital Beam Forming

DBV – Dynamic Bus Voltage

DC – Direct Current

DC/AC – Direct Current to Alternating Current (inverter)

DC/DC – Direct Current to Direct Current (converter)

DCIM – Data Center Infrastructure Management

DCL – Decision Logic or Data Control Language

DCM – Discontinuous Conduction Mode

DCR – Direct Current Resistance (measurement)

DCS – Distributed Control System

DCX – DC Transformer

DDP – Delivered Duty Paid

DDR – Double Data Rate (memory)

DEM – Diode Emulation Mode

DFC – Direct Frequency Control

DFE – Design For the Environment

DFM – Design For Manufacturability

DFR – Design For Reliability

DFT – Design for Testability

DiCon – Direct Conversion

DIL – Dual InLine (package)

DIMM – Dual Inline Memory Module

DIN – Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for Standardisation)

DIP – Dual Inline Package

DL – Deep Learning

DLC – Dynamic Load Compensation or Direct Liquid Cooling

DLS – Droop Load Sharing

DMUX – Demultiplexer

DOSA – Distributed-power Open Standards Alliance

DOW – Date Of Withdrawal

DPA – Distributed Power Architecture

DPC – DIMMs Per Channel

DPD – Digital Pre-Distortion

DPM – Digital Power Management or Dynamic Power Management

DPoL – Digital Point of Load (converter)

DPWM – Digital Pulse Width Modulation or Discontinuous Pulse Width Modulation

DPU – Data Processing Unit

DRAM – Dynamic Random Access Memory

DrMOS – Driver & MOSFET module

DSL – Digital Subscriber Line

DSLAM – Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer

DSP – Digital Signal Processor

DTC – Direct to Chip (liquid cooling)

DTI – Distance Through Insulation

DTC – Direct Torque Control

DU – Distributed Unit

DUT – Device Under Test

DVFS – Dynamic Voltage & Frequency Scaling

DVS – Dynamic Voltage Scaling

DVT – Design Validation/Verification Testing

DWDM – Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing

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E

E-mMIMO – Extreme-massive MIMO

E2E – End to End

EAR – Export Administration Regulations

EB – Eighth Brick

EBITDA – Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization

EC – Engineering Change or Edge Computing

ECA – Electronic Components Association

ECHA – European CHemicals Agency

ECIA – Electronic Components Inustry Association

ECN – Export Control Notice

ECCN – Export Control Classification Number

ECS – Environmental Control System

EDA – Electronic Design Automation

EDGE – Enhanced Data for Global Evolution

EDI – Electronic Data Interchange

EDP – Electrical Design Power or Excursion Design Power or Electronic Data Processing

EDR – Event Data Recorder ("black box")

EER – Envelope Elimination and Restoration

EFT – Electrical Fast Transient

EIA – Electronic Industries Association

ELFR – Early Life Failure Rate

ELV – Extra Low Voltage

EMAC – Ethernet Media Access Control (address)

eMBB – Enhanced Mobile BroadBand

EMC – Electromagnetic Compatibility

EMF – Electromotive Force or Field

EMI – Electromagnetic Interference

EMR – Electromagnetic Radiation

EMRT – Extended Minerals Reporting Template

EMS – Electronic Manufacturing Services

EN – Norme Européen (European Standard) or Engineering Note

eNB – Evolved NodeB

ENIG – Electroless Nickel Immersion Gold

EOL – End Of Life

EPC – Evolved Packet Core

EPG – Evolved Packet Gateway

EPON – Ethernet Passive Optical Network

EPROM – Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EPU – Energy Processing Unit

ERF – Energy Reuse Factor

ERI – Early Return Index

ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning

ERTMS – European Rail Traffic Management System

ESD – Electrostatic Discharge

ESL – Equivalent Series Inductance

ESR – Equivalent Series Resistance

ESS – Environmental Stress Screening

ET – Envelope Tracking

ETA – Estimated Time of Arrival

ETCS – European Train Control System

ETD – Estimated Time of Departure

EUT – Equipment Under Test

EV – Electric Vehicle

EVDO – Evolution Data Optimized

EVT – Engineering Validation/Verification Testing

EXW – Ex Works

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F

FAE – Field Application Engineer

FAI – First Article Inspection

FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions

FAR – Failure Analysis Report

FCA – Free Carrier

FCC – Federal Communications Commission or Forced Continuous Conduction

FCCM – Forced Continuous Conduction Mode

FDD – Frequency Division Duplex

FDMA – Frequency Division Multiple Access

FEA – Finite Element Analysis

FEM – Finite Element Method or Front End Module

FET – Field Effect Transistor

FFT – Fast Fourier Transform

FHA – Fundamental Harmonic Analysis

FIT – Failures In Time

FIQ – Fast Interrupt reQuest

FMD – Full Material Declaration

FMPS – Fault Managed Power System

FOB – Free On Board

FOD – Foreign Object Debris/Damage

FPD – Flex Power Designer

FPGA – Field Programmable Gate Array

FPM – Flex Power Modules

FRA – Fixed Radio Access

FRMCS – Future Railway Mobile Communication Systems

FRU – Field Replaceable Unit

FSC – Fan Speed Control

FTTx – Fiber To The "x" (Premise/Home/Building/Cabinet/Node etc.)

FWA – Fixed Wireless Access

FWS – Facility Water System

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G

GaAs – Gallium Arsenide

GAM – Global Account Manager

GaN – Gallium Nitride

GCB – Group Communication Bus

GCM – Global Commodity Management

GCP – Google Cloud Platform

GDT – Gas Discharge Tube

GigE – Gigabit Ethernet

GMSL – Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link

gNB – Next Generation NodeB

GND – Ground

GNN – Graph Neural Network

GP-GPU – General Purpose Graphic Processing Unit

GPIB – General Purpose Interface Bus

GPIO – General Purpose Input/Output

GPON – Gigabit Passive Optical Network

GPP – General Purpose Processor

GPRS – General Packet Radio Service

GPS – Global Positioning System

GPT – Generative Pretrained Transformer model

GPU – Graphic Processing Unit

GSA – Global mobile Suppliers Association

GSM – Global System for Mobile Communications

GSM-R – Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway

GSMA – GSM Association

GUI – Graphical User Interface

GWP – Global Warming Potential

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H

HALT – Highly Accelerated Life Testing

HASL – Hot Air Solder Level

HASS – Highly Accelerated Stress Screening

HAST – Highly Accelerated Stress Testing

HB – Half Brick

HBM – High Bandwidth Memory

HDR – High Data Rate

HEMT – High Electron Mobility Transistors

HEV – Hybrid Electric Vehicle

HMI – Human Machine Interface

HOD – High Ohmic Distribution

HPC – High Performance Computing

HPDC – High Performance Data Center

HRR – Hybrid Regulated Ratio

HS – Harmonized System

HSC – Hybrid Switched Capacitor (topology)

HSDPA – High Speed Downlink Packet Access

HSPA – High-Speed Packet Access

HTOL – High Temperature Operating Life

HTS – Harmonized Tariff Schedule

HTSL – High Temperature Storage Life

HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HV – High Voltage

HVAC – Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

HVDC – High Voltage Direct Current (converter)

HW – Hardware

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I

I/O – Input/Output

I2C – Inter-Integrated circuit Communication (bus)

I3C – Improved Inter-Integrated circuit Communication (bus)

IA – Intelligent Automation

IBA – Intermediate Bus Architecture

iBBU – Intelligent Baseband Unit

IBC – Intermediate Bus Converter

IBV – Intermediate Bus Voltage

IC – Integrated Circuit

ICT – Information and Communications Technology

IDC – Internet Data Center

IDM – Integrated Device Manufacturer

IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission

IEE – Institution of Electrical Engineers

IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

ICS – Industrial Control Systems

ICT – Information and Communication Technology

IDU – Indoor Unit

IGBT – Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor

IHV – Independent Hardware Vendor

IoE – Internet of Everything

IoT – Internet of Things

IIoT – Industrial Internet of Things (Industry 4.0)

IMDS – International Material Data System

IMS – Insulated Metal Substrate or IP Multimedia Subsystem

IMT – International Mobile Telecommunication

IOR – Input-Output Ratio

IP – Internet Protocol or Intellectual Property or International Protection

IPMI – Intelligent Platform Management Interface

IPS – Integrated Power Stage or Systems

IPU – Image or Intelligence or Infrastructure Processing Unit

IR – Infrared (Reflow)

IRQ – Interrupt ReQuest

IRR – Initial Return Rate

ISO – International Organization for Standardization

ISP – Infrastructure Service Provider

ISV – Independent Software Vendor

ITAR – International Trade in Arms Regulations

ITU – International Telecommunication Network

IUCLID – International Uniform ChemicaL Information Database

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J

JEDEC – Joint Electronic Device Engineering Council

JFET – Junction Field Effect Transistor

JIT – Just In Time

JTAG – Joint Test Action Group

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K

KAM – Key Account Manager

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L

L4S – Low Latency, Low Loss, Scalable Throughput

LAN – Local Area Network

LCC – Inductor-Capacitor-Capacitor (resonant converter)

LDMOS – Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor

LDO – Low Dropout (voltage regulator)

LFM – Linear Feet per Minute (airflow)

LGA – Land Grid Array

LGV – Laser Guided Vehicle

LISN – Line Impedance Stabilization Network

LLC – Inductor-Inductor-Capacitor (resonant converter)

LLM – Large Language Model

LNA – Low Noise Amplifier

LOD – Low Ohmic Distribution

LPF – Low Pass Filter

LPWA – Low Power Wide Area

LSB – Least Significant Bit

LTB – Last Time Buy

LTE – Long Term Evolution

LTE-A – LTE Advanced

LTE-M – LTE Machine (type communication)

LTRR – Long Term Return Rate

LTS – Last Time Ship

LVD – Low Voltage Directive

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M

M2M – Machine to Machine

MAC – Media Access Control (address)

MBA – Multi Beam Antenna

MBB – Mobile Broadband

MBPA – Multi Beam Phased Array

MCM – Multi-Chip Module

MCU – Microcontroller Unit

MEC – Mobile Edge Computing

MEMS – Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems

MIMO – Multiple Input Multiple Output

ML – Machine Learning

MLB – Multi Layer Board

MLCC – Multi Layer Ceramic Capacitor

MMA – Modified Moving Average

mMIMO – Massive Multiple Input Multiple Output

mMTC – Massive Machine Type Communication

mmW – Millimeter Wave

MNO – Mobile Network Operator

MOCN – Multi Operator Core Network

MOOP – Means Of Operator Protection

MOP – Means of Protection

MOPP – Means of Patient Protection

MOQ – Minimum Order Quantity

MOSFET – Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor

MORAN – Multi Operator Radio Access Network

MOV – Metal Oxide Varistor

MP – Mass Production

MPC – Maximum Power Consumption

MPN – Manufacturing Part Number

MPQ – Minimum Package Quantity

MPU – Micro Processor Unit

MR – Mixed Reality

MRL – Manufacturing Readiness Level

MRP – Materials Requirement Planning

MRR – Manufacturing Readiness Review

MRT – Multi Resonant Topology

MSB – Most Significant Bit

MSC – Mobile Switching Center

MSDS – Material Safety Data Sheet

MSL – Moisture Sensitivity Level

MTA – Multi Tapped Autotransformer

MTBF – Mean Time Between Failures

MTTF – Mean Time To Failure

MTTR – Mean Time To Repair

MU-MIMO – Multi User MIMO

MUX – Multiplexer

MVNO – Mobile Virtual Network Operator

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N

NACK – Negative Acknowledgement

NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement

NAT – Network Address Translation

NB-IoT – Narrow Band Internet of Things

NCNR – Non-Cancellable Non-Returnable

NDA – Non-Disclosure Agreement

NEBS – Network Equipment Building System

NEDA – National Electronic Distributors Association

NEMA – National Electronic Manufacturers Association

NFF – No Fault Found

NFV – Network Function Virtualization

NGMN – Next Generation Mobile Networks (alliance)

NIC – Network Interface Card

NLP – Natural Language Processing

NLR – Non-Linear Response

NLU – Natural Language Understanding

NPI – New Product Introduction

NPR – New Product Requirement

NPU – Neural Processing Unit or Network Processing Unit

NR – New Radio (5G) or Notch Resonance

NRE – Non-Recurring Engineering (charge)

NTC – Negative Temperature Coefficient

NVM – Non-Volatile Memory

NRND – Not Recommended for New Designs

NSA 5G – Non Stand Alone 5G

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O

OADM – Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer

OAI – Open Accelerator Infrastructure

OAM – OCP Accelerator Module

OBC – On Board Charger

OCP – Over Current Protection or Open Compute Project

OCS – Optical Circuit Switch

OCV – Open Circuit Voltage

ODM – Original Design Manufacturer

ODSC – Outdoor Small Cell

ODU – Outdoor Unit or Open Distributed Unit

OEM – Original Equipment Manufacturer

OES – Open Enterprise Server

OFDM – Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

OLT – Optical Line Termination

ONT – Optical Network Terminal

ORT – Ongoing Reliability Testing

ORU – Open Radio Unit

O-RAN – Open Radio Access Network (Alliance)

OT – Operational Technology

OTFS – Orthogonal Time Frequency & Space

OTP – Over Temperature Protection or One Time Programming

OTT – Over The Top (streaming)

OVP – Over Voltage Protection

OXC – Optical cross-connect

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P

PA – Power Amplifier

PAA – Phased Array Antenna

PAE – Power Added Efficiency

PAM – Power Amplifier Module

PAPR – Peak to Average Power Ratio

PBT – Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (chemicals)

PBX – Private Branch Exchange

PCB – Printed Circuit Board

PCBA – Printed Circuit Board Assembly

PCI – Peripheral Component Interface

PCIe – Peripheral Component Interface Express

PCN – Product Change Notification

PD – Powered Device

PDCP – Packet Data Convergence Protocol

PDE – Partial Differential Equation

PDM – Pulse-Density Modulation

PDN – Product Discontinuation Notice or Power Distribution Network or Power Delivery Network or Packet Data Network

PDU – Power Distribution Unit

PE – Polyethylene

PEC – Packet Error Checking

PER – Packet Error Rate

PF – Power Factor

PFC – Power Factor Correction

PG – Power Good

PHY – Physical Layer

PID – Proportional Integral Derivative or Packet Identifier

PIM – Power Interface Module or Passive InterModulation

PIP – Pin-In-Paste (for reflow soldering through hole parts)

PLC – Programmable Logic Controller or Product Life Cycle or Power Line Communications

PLCM – Product Life Cycle Management

PLL – Phase Locked Loop

PMBus™ – Power Management Bus

PMIC – Power Management Integrated Circuit

PMU – Power Management Unit

PN – Product Notification

PO – Purchase Order

PoE – Power Over Ethernet

POEP – Power Over Ethernet Plus (PoE+)

POFV – Plated Over Filled Via

PoL – Point of Load (converter)

POLA – Point Of Load Alliance

PON – Passive Optical Network

PoP – Point of Presence

POTS – Plain Old Telephone Service

PPAP – Production Part Approval Process

PPE – Polyphenylene Ether

PPPoE – Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet

PR – Parallel Resonance

PRC – Parallel Resonant Converter

PRD – Product Requirement Document

PROM – Programmable Read Only Memory

PRR – Production Readiness Review

PSA – Power Stamp Alliance

PSE – Power Sourcing Equipment

PSFB – Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge

PSL – Preferred Suppliers List

PSMP – Power Surface Multiplier Package

PSRR – Power Supply Rejection Ratio

PSU – Power Supply Unit

PTC – Positive Temperature Coefficient or Powered Temperature Cycling

PTH – Plated Through Hole

PTP – Point To Point or Power, Thermal & Performance (sensors)

PTMP – Point To Multi Point

PUE – Power Usage Effectiveness

PV – Photovoltaic (inverter)

PVT – Production Validation/Verification Testing

PWB – Printed Wiring Board

PWBA – Printed Wiring Board Assembly

PWM – Pulse Width Modulation

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Q

QAM – Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

QB – Quarter Brick

QDR – Quad Data Rate

QFN – Quad Flat No-lead

QML – Qualified Manufacturers List

QMS – Quality Management System

QoS – Quality of Service

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R

RAM – Random Access Memory

RAN – Radio Access Network

RBS – Radio Base Station

RC – Remote Control (on/off)

RCI – Rack Cooling Index

REACH – Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of CHemicals

REF – Renewable Energy Factor

RET – Remote Electronic Tilt

RF – Radio Frequency

RFI – Radio Frequency Interference or Request For Information

RFP – Request For Proposal

RFPA – Radio Frequency Power Amplifier

RFQ – Request For Quotation

RGW – Radio Gateway

RH – Relative Humidity

RIC – RAN Intelligent Controller

RLC – Radio Link Control

RMA – Returned Material Authorization

RMS – Root Mean Square

RNC – Radio Network Controller

ROADM – Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer

RoHS – Restriction of Hazardous Substances

ROM – Read Only Memory or Rough Order of Magnitude

RPA – Robotic Process Automation

RRC – Radio Resource Control

RRH – Remote Radio Head

RRU – Remote Radio Unit

RS – Recommended Standard (e.g. RS232, RS485 etc.)

RSM – Regional Sales Manager

RTU – Remote Terminal Unit

RU – Radio Unit or Rack Unit

RX – Receive

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S

S2S – Service to Service

SA – Serial Address or Standalone

SALERT – SMBus Alert

SAN – Storage Area Network

SB – Sixteenth Brick

SBC – Single Board Computer

SCADA – Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition

SCAR – Supplier Corrective Action Request

SCC – Switched Capacitance Converter or Short Circuit Current

SCIP – Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products)

SCL – Serial Clock Line

SCP – Short Circuit Protection

SCR – Silicon Controlled Rectifier

SCSI – Small Computer System Interface

SDA – Serial Data line

SDDC – Software Defined Data Center

SDH – Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

SDN – Software Defined Networking

SDR – Single Data Rate

SELV – Safety Extra Low Voltage

SFOC – Sensorless Field Oriented Control

SHSC – Symmetrical Hybrid Switched Capacitor

SI – Système International

SiC – Silicon Carbide

SIM – Subscriber Identity Module

SIP – Single Inline Package or System In Package or Session Initiation Protocol

SKU – Stock Keeping Unit

SMA – Surface Mount Assembly

SMBus – System Management Bus

SMD – Surface Mount Device

SME – Small and Medium Enterprise

SMP – Surface Mount Package

SMPS – Switched Mode Power Supply

SMT – Surface Mount Technology

SNR – Signal-to-Noise Ratio

SOA – Safe Operating Area

SoC – System on Chip or Statement of Compliance

SOIC – Small Outline Integrated Circuit

SON – Self Organizing Network

SONET – Synchronous Optical Networking

SPI – Serial Peripheral Interface

SPQ – Standard Package Quantity

SPS – Standby Power Supply

SQL – Structured Query Language

SR – Series Resonance

SRAM – Static Random Access Memory

SRC – Series Resonant Converter

SRF – Series Resonant Frequency

SSD – Solid State Drive

STC – Switched Tank Capacitor

STEP – Standard for the Exchange of Product model data

SVHC – Substances of Very High Concern

SVID – Serial Voltage Identifier

SW – Software

SWaP-C – Size, Weight, Power and Cost

SWG – Standard Wire Gauge

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T

T&R – Tape and Reel

TC – Temperature Cycling

TCE – Thermal Coefficient of Expansion

TCO – Total Cost of Ownership

TCP – Transport Control Protocol

TCS – Technology Cooling System

TD-SCDMA – Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access

TDD – Time Division Duplex

TDM – Time Division Multiplex

TDMA – Time Division Multiple Access

TDP – Thermal Design Power

TFR – Test For Reliability

TH – Through Hole

THB – Temperature Humidity Bias

THD – Total Harmonic Distortion

THT – Through Hole Technology

TIA – Telecommunications Industries Association

TIM – Thermal Interface Material

TIP – Telecom Infra Project

TLVR – Trans-Inductor Voltage Regulator

TMA – Tower Mounted Amplifier

TOBA – Telecom On-Board Architecture

TOR – Top Of Rack

TPP – Total Processor Performance

TPU – Tensor Processing Unit

TR – Technical Report

TRL – Technology Readiness Level

TRU – Transmitter Receiver Unit

TSCA – Toxic Substances Control Act

TSN – Time Sensitive Networking

TTL – Transistor Transistor Logic

TUV – Technischer Uberwachungs Verein

TVS – Transient Voltage Suppressor

TX – Transmit

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U

UART – Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter

UBB – Universal BaseBoard

UCP – Under Current Protection

UI – User Interface

UL – Underwriters Laboratories

UMTS – Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

UPOE – Universal Power Over Ethernet (PoE++)

UPS – Uninterruptable Power Supply

uRLLC – Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication

USB – Universal Serial Bus

UUT – Unit Under Test

UVLO – Under Voltage Lock Out

UVP – Under Voltage Protection

UX – User eXperience

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V

VA – Virtual Assistant

vBBU – Virtual Baseband Unit

VCO – Voltage Controlled Oscillator

VCU – Video Coding Unit

VDC – Virtual Data Center or Volt Direct Current

VDE – Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker

VID – Voltage Identifier

VIPPO – Via in Pad Plated Over

VFD – Variable Frequency Drive

VFF – Voltage Feed Forward

VGA – Variable Gain Amplifier

VLAN – Virtual Local Area Network

VNF – Virtual Network Function

VoC – Verification of Conformity

VoIP – Voice over IP (Internet Protocol)

VoLTE – Voice over LTE

VoNR – Voice over New Radio

VPD – Vertical Power Delivery

VPN – Virtual Private Network

VPU – Vision Processing Unit

VPWR – Vertical Power

VQFN – Very thin Quad Flat No-lead

VR – Virtual Reality

V-RAN – Virtualized Radio Access Network

VRM – Voltage Regulator Module

VSD – Variable Speed Drive

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W

WAN – Wide Area Network

WAP – Wireless Access Protocol

WBG – Wide Band Gap (semiconductor)

WCDMA – Wideband Code Division Multiple Access

WFD – Waste Framework Directive

WFE – Wafer Fabrication Equipment

WEEE – Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (directive)

WiMAX – Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access

WIP – Work In Progress

WISP – Wireless Internet Service Provider

WLAN – Wireless Local Area Network

WUE – Water Usage Effectiveness

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X

xDSL – arbitrary Digital Subscriber Line (e.g. ADSL)

XML – EXtensible Markup Language

XPE – AMD-Xilinx Power Estimator

xPU – An all encompassing term for a portfolio of Processing Units (including CPU, GPU, IPU, TPU, VPU, FPGA and other accelerators)

XR – Extended Reality

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Y

YRR – One Year Return Rate

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Z

ZCS – Zero Current Switching

ZEV – Zero Emission Vehicle

ZIF – Zero Insertion Force

ZSC – Zero-voltage Switched Capacitor

ZVS – Zero Voltage Switching

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Other

1PIC – Single Phase Immersion Cooling

2G – Second Generation (GSM/D-AMPS/GPRS/EDGE)

2PIC – Two Phase Immersion Cooling

3D – 3 Dimensional

3E – Enhanced performance, Energy management, End-user value

3G – Third Generation (UMTS/CDMA2000/HSPA/HSPA+/EVDO)

3GPP – Third Generation Partnership Project

4G – Fourth Generation (LTE/LTE-A/LTE-Pro)

4PPOE – 4-Pair Power Over Ethernet

5G – Fifth Generation (NR)

8D – 8 Discipline (report)

µC – Microcontroller

µTCA - Micro Telecommunications Computing Architecture

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