A broadband communications technology in which multiple television channels, as well as audio and data signals, may be transmitted either one way or bidirectionally through an often hybrid (fiber and coaxial) distribution system to a single or to multiple specific locations. CATV originated in areas where good reception of direct broadcast TV was not possible. Now CATV also consists of… (Read More →)

1. Carrier Access Code,
2. Customer Administration Center,
3. Connection Admission Control

A buffer, smaller and faster than main storage, used to hold a copy of instructions and data in main storage that are likely to be needed next by the processor and that have been obtained automatically from main storage.

Abbreviation for computer-aided design.

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

1. In communications, any demand to set up a connection.
2. A unit of traffic measurement.
3. The actions performed by a call originator.
4. The operations required to establish, maintain, and release a connection.
5. To use a connection between two stations.
6. The action of bringing a computer program, a routine, or a subroutine into effect, usually by… (Read More →)

See abandoned call.

The mechanism that allows a user to be alerted on one terminal and to choose to answer the call on any terminal, not necessarily the one through which alerting took place. [T
1. Rpt34-1994]

A call control signal sent by the called terminal to indicate that it accepts the incoming call.

The Call Agent provides call processing, call control, feature control and Operations Administration Maintenance & Provisioning to manage services for a packet network comprised of multiple types of media gateway endpoints. The network itself may transport traffic over many types of packet switching fabric, such as IP, Ethernet, ATM or Frame Relay. The Media Gateways (i.e., Access and Trunk Gateways)… (Read More →)