COMMON LANGUAGE(R) Standard Abbreviations Master List

248 Pages·1999·3.42 MB·English

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COMMON LANGUAGE®
Standard Abbreviations
Master List—Words and
Their Abbreviations

Telcordia Technologies Practice
BR-751-410-101
Issue 8
June 1999
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COMMON LANGUAGE®
Standard Abbreviations Master List—Words
and Their Abbreviations
Prepared for Telcordia Technologies by: L. Modrell
Target audience: Licensed Clients
This document replaces: BR-751-410-101, Issue 7, September 1996
Related documents: BR-751-410-100, “COMMON LANGUAGE® Standard
Abbreviations—Description,” and BR-751-410-102, “COMMON LANGUAGE®
Standard Abbreviations Master List—Abbreviations and the Words They
Represent.”
Technical contact: L. Modrell, [phone]
To obtain copies of this document, contact your company’s document coordinator
or call 1-800-521-2673 (from the USA and Canada) or 1-732-699-5800 (all others), or
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Copyright © 1997-1999 Telcordia Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Project Funding Year: 1999
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COMMON LANGUAGE is a registered trademark and CLCI, CLEI, CLFI, and CLLI are trademarks of
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Abbreviations Master List—Words and Their Abbreviations. Neither this
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Contents Contents
1. Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2. Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3. Reason For Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5. Standard Abbreviations Master List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. Descriptive Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Establishing New Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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List of Tables Tables
Table 7-1. Words and Their Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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1. Purpose
This Practice contains the COMMON LANGUAGE Standard Abbreviations Master
List. The Abbreviations Master List is a listing of words and their abbreviations
(single work or multiword abbreviations). In this Practice, the master list is
arranged in alphabetical order according to word. Refer to BR-751-410-102,
“COMMON LANGUAGE® Standard Abbreviations Master List—Abbreviations
and the Words They Represent,” for a list of abbreviations in alphabetical order by
abbreviation.
2. Scope
This practice applies to organizations responsible for writing standard
documentation. This practice is particularly applicable to the following functions:
1. Ordering
2. Billing
3. Circuit Provisioning.
3. Reason For Issue
This practice is re-issued to include abbreviations added since the last issue.
4. General
Questions concerning these abbreviations should be directed to the General Codes
Code Set subject matter expert, Language Standards Department, Telcordia.
The Telcordia Language Standards Department provides the technical expertise to
maintain the General Codes Code Set. Input to this procedure is provided by the
General Codes Technical Advisory Group, in accordance with the procedure
outlined in BR-751-000-102, "COMMON LANGUAGE® Abbreviation, Code &
Record Request Procedures."
For additional information concerning standard abbreviations, and for the
procedures used by the Language Standards Department to establish new
abbreviations, refer to BR-751-410-100, “COMMON LANGUAGE® Standard
Abbreviations—Description.”
5. Standard Abbreviations Master List
Table 7-1 contains the alphabetical list of words and their abbreviations from the
COMMON LANGUAGE Master List.
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6. Descriptive Notes
Some abbreviations or words are followed by descriptive notes. These notes supply
additional information, or cross-reference other abbreviations. Refer to Table B of
BR-751-410-100, “COMMON LANGUAGE® Standard Abbreviations—
Description,” for the significance of these footnotes.
7. Establishing New Abbreviations
Refer to BR-751-410-100, “COMMON LANGUAGE® Standard Abbreviations—
Description,” for the rules and guidelines used for establishing new abbreviations.
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