glossary of communications-electronics terms acp 167(i)

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GLOSSARY OF
COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS
TERMS

ACP 167(I)

MARCH 2005
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FOREWORD

1. The Combined Communications-Electronics Board (CCEB) is comprised of the five member
nations, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States and is the Sponsoring
Authority for all Allied Communications Publications (ACPs). ACPs are raised and issued under
common agreement between the member nations.

2. ACP 167(I), GLOSSARY OF COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS TERMS, is an
UNCLASSIFIED CCEB publication.

3. This publication contains Allied military information for official purposes only.

4. It is permitted to copy or make extracts from this publication.

5. This ACP is to be maintained and amended in accordance with the provisions of the current
version of ACP198.
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THE COMBINED COMMUNICATION-ELECTRONICS BOARD
LETTER OF PROMULGATION FOR ACP167 (I)

1. The purpose of this Combined Communication Electronics Board (CCEB) Letter of Promulgation
is to implement ACP167 (I) within the Armed Forces of the CCEB Nations. ACP167 (I),
GLOSSARY OF COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS TERMS, is an UNCLASSIFIED
publication developed for Allied use and, under the direction of the CCEB Principals. It is promulgated
for guidance, information, and use by the Armed Forces and other users of military communications
facilities.

2. ACP 167(I) is effective on receipt for CCEB Nations and when by the NATO Military Committee
(NAMILCOM) for NATO nations and Strategic Commands

EFFECTIVE STATUS

Publication Effective for Date Authority
ACP167 (I) CCEB When directed LOP

3. All proposed amendments to the publication are to be forwarded to the national coordinating
authorities of the CCEB or NAMILCOM.

For the CCEB Principals

Warren Quennell
Squadron Leader, RNZAF
Permanent Secretary to CCEB

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RECORD OF MESSAGE CORRECTIONS

Identification of Message Correction and date,
time group
Date Entered By Whom Entered
DTG Correction

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE.........................................................................................................i
FOREWORD.......................................................................................................ii
LETTER OF PROMULGATION FOR ACP167 (I).............................................iii
RECORD OF MESSAGE CORRECTIONS......................................................iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS.....................................................................................v

CHAPTER 1....................................................................................................1-1
GENERAL.......................................................................................................1-1
PURPOSE........................................................................................................1-1
SCOPE............................................................................................................1-1
PRESENTATION.............................................................................................1-1
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS..............................................................1-2

CHAPTER 2....................................................................................................2-1
GLOSSARY OF TERMS.................................................................................2-1
A......................................................................................................................2-1
B....................................................................................................................2-14
C....................................................................................................................2-22
D....................................................................................................................2-50
E.....................................................................................................................2-62
F.....................................................................................................................2-70
G....................................................................................................................2-79
H....................................................................................................................2-82
I......................................................................................................................2-84
J.....................................................................................................................2-91
K....................................................................................................................2-93
L.....................................................................................................................2-94
M...................................................................................................................2-99
N...................................................................................................................2-110
O...................................................................................................................2-115
P....................................................................................................................2-118
Q..................................................................................................................2-128
R..................................................................................................................2-129
S...................................................................................................................2-140
T...................................................................................................................2-158
U..................................................................................................................2-169
V..................................................................................................................2-170
W.................................................................................................................2-172
X..................................................................................................................2-174
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CHAPTER 1

GENERAL

PURPOSE

101. The purpose of this publication is to list and define terms essential to:

a. Effective communication between Allied operational/staff personnel.

b. Enhance the interoperability of Allied military communications and electronic warfare
systems.

c. Provide a generally acceptable definition of common day-to-day terms used by
communications electronic warfare operational staffs in their requirements for Allied networks.

d. Provide the primary source reference for communication-electronic and electronic
warfare terminology common within Allied communication Publications (ACPs) and
supplements thereto.

102. When terms are employed in ACPs and supplements which are not defined in this publication,
they must be defined within that publication. Authors of ACP’s are to include new abbreviations and
definitions as amendments to this publication, as detailed in the Letter of Promulgation.

SCOPE

103. The terms listed in this publication are in no way exhaustive. Use may frequently have to be
made of terms not defined herein. For example, Federal Standard 1037, Glossary of
Telecommunication Terms, used by the United States and Allies.

104. When use is made, during the preparation of orders, letters, messages, of communications-
electronics or electronic warfare terms not defined in this publication, care must be taken to ensure that
their exact meaning will be clearly understood by all recipients.

PRESENTATION

105. All terms are listed in alphabetical order (based on the primary word in the term) irrespective of
subject, to facilitate easy reference. Additional information regarding the application or restricted use of
term is only provided where ambiguity might otherwise occur.

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ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

106. Some of the following abbreviations appear in the terms and definitions contained in chapter 2.
Use both chapters to obtain an full understanding of an abbreviation or term:

A

AA See Attribute Authority
ABCC Airborne Battlefield Command and Control
ABM Apogee Boost Motor
AARL See Attribute Authority Revocation List
ACDF Access Control Decision Function
ACI Access ACCAP ACE CIS Contingency Assets Pool
ACCIS Allied Command and Control Information
ACIXS Allied Communication Information Exchange System
ACCS Air Command and Control System
ACE Allied Command Europe
ACEC (US) ADA Compiler Evaluation Capability
ACEIEP ACE Information Exchange Plan
ACELIP ACE Long-term Infrastructure Plan
ACGE ADP/Comms Gateway Element (AWHQ)
AcomP-1 List of English/French Communications Abbreviations (NATO)
ACP Allied Communications Publication
ACRL See Attribute Certificate Revocation List
ACS Advanced Communications Service
ACSE Application Control Service Element
ACT ALLIED Command Transformation
ACU Audio Coding Unit
ADatP Allied Data Publication
ADCCP Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures
AdatP Allied Data Publications
ADNC Air Defence Notification Cell.
ADNS Automated Digital Network System
ADOC Air Defence Operations Centre.
ADP See Data Processing, Automatic
ADPE See Data Processing Equipment, Automatic
ADPS See Data Processing System, Automatic
ADUA Administrative Directory User Agency
ADV Air Defence Variant/Air Defence Vehicle.
ADY 1993 Directory Application Profile
AEW Airborne Early Warning; see Airborne Early Warning Set
AFC See Automatic Frequency Control
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AF OPS Air Force Operations Centre.
AGC See Automatic Gain Control
AIG See Address Indicating Group
AIG Address Indicator Group (ACP123(A)/133(B))
AIS Automated AIFS Allied Information Flow System
AITS-JPO Advanced Information Technology Services-Joint Program Office
AIMS (NATO) Armaments Information Management System (replaced CAPS)
AIS Automated (Communications and) Information Systems
AJ See Anti-Jamming
AL Address List
AJP Allied Joint Publication
ALE/ALM Automatic Link Establishment/Automatic Link Management (HF)
ALI Address List Indicator
ALIS Acquisition Logistics Information System (based on NCDM)
ALP Arithmetic and Logic Processor
AMH Allied Message Handling
AMHS Automated Message Handling System
AMPS See AMPS - Access Monitoring and Policing System
AMRS Active Message Retrieval System
ANDVT Advanced Narrow Band Digital Voice Terminal
ANSA Advanced Networked Systems Architecture
ANSI See ANSI -American National Standards Institute
AO Atlantic Ocean
AOR/AOI Area of Responsibility/Area of Interest
AOTN Automatic Operational Telephone Network
AP See Anomalous Propagation
APP Allied Publications Procedures
APP Allied Procedural Publication
ARM Anti-Radiation Missile
ARQ Automated Response to Query (HF automated request for repeat)
ASN1 Abstract Syntax Notation One
ARPA See ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARQ Automatic Repeat Request
ARQ See Automatic request for transmission.
AS Autonomous System
ASAT Anti-Satellite
ASBR Autonomous System Boundary Router
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASE Application Service Element
ASK Amplitude Shift Keying
ASN Autonomous System Number
ASN.1 Abstract Syntax Notation One
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ASR See Automatic send/receive teleprinter.
ASR Air Staff Requirement
ASVR See Aircraft to Surface Vessel Radar
ATCRBS Air Traffic Control Radio Beacon System
ATCRU Air Traffic Control Radar Unit
ATDM See ATDM - asynchronous time-division multiplexor
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATO Air Tasking Order
ATO Authority to Operate
ATO Air Tasking Organisation (ACP200)
ATW See ATW - Advanced Tactical Workstation
AU Access Unit
AU Australia
AUS Australia
AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network
A/V Anti- Virus
AUTOKO (German Area Tactical Comms System)
AVC See Automatic Volume Control
AWR Alerting, Warning and Response
AX See Station, Aeronautical, Fixed

B

BABS See Beam Approach Beacon System
BAC Basic Access Control
BC See Station, Broadcasting.
BCA See Broadcast Control Authority
BCC See block check character
BCD See binary-coded decimal.
BCI See Station, International Broadcasting
BCP Business Continuity Plan
BCS See Broadcast Control Station
BER Basic Encoding Rules
BER Bit Error Rate
BERT Bit Error Rate Test
BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
BIT See BIT - Binary Digit
BITE Built-in test equipment
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
BGP4 Border Gateway Protocol Version 4
BIU Black Interface Unit (Crypto)
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