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user profile

1. The profile that includes the service profile and contains all the data associated with the user, e.g., incoming call handling information, selection of service provider/service area coverage, service subscriptions, service parameters, etc. [T
1. Rpt34-1994]
2. A description of a user, typically used for access control. [2382-pt.8]
Note: A user profile may include data such as user ID, user… (Read More →)

user representative

[A] person authorized by an organization to order COMSEC keying material and interface with the keying system; providing information to key users and ensuring the correct type of key is ordered. [INFOSEC-99]

user-network interface (UNI)

1. The point of demarcation between a common carrier's facilities and customer's installation, which demarcation establishes both the technical interface and the division of operational responsibility. In this context, "customer" refers to the end-user. [J. Beaty FAA]
2. The term used to refer to the network interface (NI) as well as to interfaces within the customer installation (CI). [T1.640-1996]

user-provided number (UPN)

An ISDN number, supplied completely or partially by the calling user or the redirecting user, that is associated with the calling user or the redirecting user. The UPN may also be accompanied by a subaddress. [T1.625-1993]

USIM

Universal Subscriber Identity Module

USNO

United States Naval Observatory

UT

Abbreviation for Universal Time.

UTC

Abbreviation for Coordinated Universal Time.

UTC(i)

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), as kept by the "i" laboratory, where i is any laboratory cooperating in the determination of UTC.
Note: In the United States, the official UTC is kept by the U. S. Naval Observatory and is referred to as UTC (USNO).

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