Passive Optical Network

The term Pooling Administrator refers to the entity or entities responsible for administering a thousands-block number pool (FCC 00-104, §
5
2. 7 (g)).
The Pooling Administrator is responsible for the neutral administration of thousands-blocks from Central Office (CO) Codes in areas where thousands-block number pooling has been ordered or implemented. The PA is an impartial non-governmental entity that is… (Read More →)

Point of Presences

Post Office Protocol 3

1. Of a device or network, a point of access where signals may be inserted or extracted, or where the device or network variables may be observed or measured.
2. In a communications network, a point at which signals can enter or leave the network en route to or from another network.

A maritime mobile service in or near a port, between coast stations and ship stations, or between ship stations, in which messages are restricted to those relating to the operational handling, the movement and the safety of ships and, in emergency, to the safety of persons. Messages which are of a public correspondence nature shall be excluded from this service.… (Read More →)

A coast station in the port operations service. [NTIA] [RR]

1. The ability to transfer data from one system to another without being required to recreate or reenter data descriptions or to modify significantly the application being transported.
2. The ability of software or of a system to run on more than one type or size of computer under more than one operating system. See POSIX.
3. Of equipment, the… (Read More →)

1. A station capable of being carried by one or more persons.
Note: A portable station usually has a self-contained power source and can be operated while being carried.
2. A station designed to be carried by a person and capable of transmitting and/or receiving while in motion or during brief halts at unspecified locations. [NTIA] [RR]

A Web page that serves as a point of entry for surfers of the World Wide Web.
Note: Most of the popular portals are designed to optimize their compatibility with one or more Web search engines. Many portals also offer value-added services such as e-mail accounts, Web page hosting, or filtered information flow, with the costs of these services being… (Read More →)