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AFD

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AFNOR

Acronym for Association Francaise de Normalisation. France's national standards-setting organization.

aggregation

In security, the acquisition of sensitive information by collecting and correlating information of lesser sensitivity. [2382-pt.8]

aggregator

Any entity that, in the ordinary course of its operations, makes telephones available to the public or to transient users of its premises, for interstate telephone calls using a provider of operator services. [NECA/FCC-5]

Aging Numbers:

Aging numbers are disconnected numbers that are not available for assignment to another end user or customer for a specified period of time. Numbers previously assigned to residential customers may be aged for no more than 90 calendar days. Numbers previously assigned to business customers may be aged for no more than 365 calendar days (FCC 00-104 §5
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Agreements, Standards, Policies and Regulations (ASPR)

A term used to refer to the complete set of inter-entity arrangements that are necessary for communications services; these arrangements include national and international standards; federal, state and local regulations or other legal arrangements; or any other agreement between entities - including industry cooperation and agreements and other interfaces between entities. ASPR is one of the elements of the Eight… (Read More →)

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