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Common Abbreviations
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| AL |
Aluminium |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| ASI |
Asynchronous Serial Interface |
| AVI |
Audio-Video Interface |
| AWG |
American Wire Gauge |
| AWM |
Appliance Wiring Material |
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| BC |
Bare Copper |
| BerC |
Beryllium-copper Alloy |
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| CATV |
Community Antenna Television |
| CCA |
Copper Clad Aluminium |
| CCS |
Copper Clad Steel |
| CCTV |
Closed Circuit Television |
| CPC |
Copper Polyester Copper Laminate |
| CPE |
Chlorinated Polyethylene |
| CMP |
Communication Plenum |
| CMR |
Communication Riser |
| CSA |
Canadian Standards Association |
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| DVI |
Digital Visual Interface |
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| EIA |
Electronic Industries Alliance |
| ELFEXT |
Equal Level Far End Crosstalk |
| EMI |
Electromagnetic Interference |
| ETL |
Electronic Testing Labratories |
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| FEP |
Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene |
| FR-PVC |
Flame Retardant PVC |
| FDX |
Full Duplex |
| FTP |
Foil Twisted Pair |
| FRNC |
Flame Retardant Non-Corrosive |
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| GSWB |
Galvanised Steel Wire Braid |
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| HDMI |
High Definition Multimedia Interface |
| HDTV |
High Definition Television |
| HFC |
Hybrid Fibre-Coax |
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| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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| LAN |
Local Area Network |
| LSZH, LSOH, LS0H, LSHF |
Low Smoke Zero Halogen / Low Smoke Halogen Free |
| LSF |
Low Smoke & Fume |
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| MATV |
Master Antenna Television |
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| NC |
Nickel Covered Copper |
| NEC |
National Electrical Code |
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| PE |
Polyethelyne |
| POS |
Point of Sale |
| PP |
Polypropylene |
| PPPE |
Polypropylene Polyethelyne |
| PSELFEXT |
Power Sum Equal Level Far End Crosstalk |
| PSNEXT |
Power Sum Near End Crosstalk |
| PTFE |
Polytetrafluoroethylene |
| PU |
Polyurethane |
| PVC |
Polyvinyl Chloride |
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| RGBHV |
Red Green Blue Horizontal Vertical |
| RL |
Return Loss |
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| SA |
Silver covered Alloy |
| SC |
Silver covered Copper |
| SCBerC |
Silver covered Beryllium-Copper Alloy |
| SCCad Br |
Silver covered Cadmium Bronze |
| SCCAI |
Silver covered Copper Clad Aluminium |
| SCCS |
Silver covered Copper Clad Steel |
| STP |
Shielded Twisted Pair |
| SWA |
Steel Wire Armour |
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| TC |
Tinned Copper |
| TNC |
Threaded Neill-Concelman |
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| UL |
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc |
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