/----------------------------------------------------------------------\ | BT Reporting Abbreviations and Acronyms List | | Written by Teknix of Dark Alliance - 2001 | | www.dark-alliance.co.uk | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/ These are acronyms used by BT for reporting purposes. BLS - Big/Large Switch (including dedicated Featurephone) SMS - Small/Medium Switch (including dedicated Featurephone) VCB - Voice Cabling (excluding Internal Network Cabling) LAN - Local Area Network (incl. Internetworking aparatus, excl. cabling) DCM - Datacomms Aparatus (Modem/Multiplexor) DCB - Structured/Data Cabling PAY - Payphone FAX - Facsimile Apparatus STP - Simple Telephone and Aparatus (Including Answer Machines) TLX - Telex Aparatus CBP - Trading Systems (formerly City Busines products) OTH - Other Aperatus NWK - Network (PSTN/ISDN/Telex) PCS - Residential FNT - FeatureNet BTO - BT Own Use \----------------------------------------------------------------------/