HEI -- Glossary of Telecommunications Terms

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Earth Station HEI has prepared this glossary of telecommunications-technology terms and standards information to help clients and others keep up to date with our dynamic telecommunications industry. Because of the nature of our consulting practice, a particular focus has been made on topics shown below.

Glossary topics include:

Audio teleconferencing
Broadcasting
Change- and collaboration-enabling technologies
Computer applications sharing
Computer conferencing
Computer Telecommunications Integration (CTI)
Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS, MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264)
Electroacoustics (echo cancellation, noise reduction)
Engineering economy
Internet applications (VoIP, etc.)
Networks
Multimedia conferencing
Subjective and objective testing
Satellites
Shared virtual workspace T.120
Video codecs
Video teleconferencing
Video servers
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

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Copyright considerations necessitate that the definitions given in this glossary are not those produced by bodies like ANSI, IEEE, ISO or ITU but were rather produced by HEI's in-house staff. Similarly, HEI has not included proprietary terms copyright by manufacturers or other bodies. Where legally binding definitions and terms are required, you are advised to purchase the applicable international standards' body publication and/or obtain use-permission from the copyright or trademark holder.

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