Glossary of telecommunication service terms

This is a glossary of telecommunication-service-related terms, derived from the Glossary of Telecommunication Terms published as Federal Standard 1037C. Please see the Federal Standard article for copyright-related issues, as not all parts of the source document are in the public domain.

Services

aeronautical fixed service[?] -- [[aeronautical mobile [off-route] service]] (OR) -- [[aeronautical mobile [route] service]] (R) -- aeronautical mobile-satellite service[?] -- [[aeronautical mobile-satellite [off-route] service]] (OR) -- [[aeronautical mobile-satellite [route] service]] (R) -- aeronautical mobile service[?] -- aeronautical multicom service[?] -- aeronautical radionavigation-satellite service[?] -- aeronautical radionavigation service[?] -- amateur-satellite service[?] -- amateur service[?] -- Archie -- Armed Forces Radio Service[?] (AFRS) -- attendant position[?] -- base communications (basecom) -- basic exchange telecommunications radio service (BETRS) -- basic service -- basic service element (BSE) -- basic serving arrangement (BSA) -- Centrex® service[?] (CTX) -- class of service[?] -- common management information service (CMIS) -- comparably efficient interconnection (CEI) -- complementary network service (CNS) -- consolidated local telecommunications service[?] -- conversational service[?] -- custom local area signaling service (CLASS) -- dedicated service[?] -- domestic fixed public service[?] -- domestic public radio services[?] -- eight-hundred service[?] (800) -- enhanced service -- facility -- Federal Telecommunications System[?] (FTS) -- five-hundred service[?] (500) -- flat rate service[?] -- foreign exchange service (FX) -- FTS2000 -- interactive service[?] -- intercom[?] -- inter-satellite service[?] -- leased circuit[?] -- maritime mobile-satellite service[?] -- maritime mobile service[?] -- maritime radionavigation-satellite service[?] -- maritime radionavigation service[?] -- message service[?] -- meteorological aids service[?] -- meteorological-satellite service[?] -- mobile-satellite service[?] -- mobile service[?] -- multipoint distribution service[?] -- nine-hundred service[?] (900) -- other common carrier[?] (OCC) -- paging[?] -- PCS -- port operations service[?] -- private NS/EP telecommunications services[?] -- provisioning -- public data transmission service -- public switched network[?] (PSN) -- public switched NS/EP telecommunications services[?] -- public switched telephone network (PSTN) -- radio channel[?] -- radio common carrier[?] (RCC) -- radiodetermination-satellite service[?] -- radiolocation service[?] -- radionavigation-satellite service[?] -- resale carrier[?] -- resale service[?] -- reserved circuit service[?] -- restricted access[?] -- retrieval service[?] -- rural radio service -- rural subscriber station[?] -- safety service[?] -- service access point[?] (SAP) -- service bit[?] -- seven-hundred service[?] (700) -- space research service[?] -- special grade of service[?] -- standard frequency and time signal-satellite service[?] -- teleaction service[?] -- telecommunications service -- Telecommunications Service Priority service[?] (TSP) -- teletex[?] -- teletext -- Telex®[?] -- unbundling[?] -- Universal Personal Telecommunications service[?] (UPT) -- universal service[?] -- viewdata -- voice grade[?] -- white pages -- Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS) -- World Wide Web (WWW)

Service Features

abbreviated dialing[?] -- access control -- add-on conference[?] -- automatic answering[?] -- automatic identified outward dialing[?] (AIOD) -- automatic message accounting[?] (AMA) -- automatic number identification[?] (ANI) -- automatic redial -- automatic sequential connection[?] -- busy verification -- call detail recording[?] (CDR) -- called-line identification facility[?] -- called-party camp-on -- caller ID -- call forwarding[?] -- call hold[?] -- calling-line identification facility[?] -- calling-party camp-on -- call pickup[?] -- call restriction[?] -- calls-barred facility[?] -- call splitting[?] -- call transfer[?] -- call waiting[?] -- classmark[?] -- conference call[?] -- consultation hold[?] -- dial service assistance[?] (DSA) -- dial-up -- direct dialing service[?] -- direct distance dialing (DDD) -- direct inward dialing[?] (DID) -- direct outward dialing[?] (DOD) -- essential service -- extended area service[?] (EAS) -- fixed loop[?] -- group alerting and dispatching system -- line load control[?] -- multiaddress calling[?] -- network inward dialing[?] (NID) -- network outward dialing[?] (NOD) -- remote access -- remote call forwarding -- service feature -- speed calling[?] -- spill-forward feature -- three-way calling[?] -- transit network identification[?] -- verified off-hook[?] -- virtual call[?] -- virtual circuit capability