Campus Switch

A switch used within a campus backbone. Campus switches are generally high-performance devices that aggregate traffic streams from multiple buildings and departments within a site.

CAN

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Candelas (CD)

A unit of measure for luminous intensity (photons per second).

CAP

Carrierless Amplitude And Phase

CAP

Computer Aided Professional Publishing

Cap Code

An electronically embedded code in a paging unit used for addressing different functions by a transmitter. It is similar to an ESN in cellular terminal equipment.

Capacity Planning

Capacity planning applies to proactively assessing systems, whether network or computer based systems, and forecasting the needed future growth of the system. Capacity planning in network management can be a function of the Configuration or Performance Management level of the FCAPS model.

CAPC

Competitive Access Provider Capacity

CAPCS

Cellular Auxiliary Personal

Communication Services

CapEx

Capital Expenses

CAPI

Common ISDN API

CAPI

Cryptography Application Program Interface

Capital Cost Model

A financial cost model that recognizes the differences in regulatory accounting versus tax accounting for telecommunications networks and other system.

Capital Expenses (CapEx)

A term CapEx used to define the expenses such as the purchase of land, buildings and, most importantly, the build out of network capacity in a telecommunications system.

CAPs

Competitive Access Providers

Capstan

(1-recording system) A motor-driven shaft or spindle used to control (and establish) a constant speed of the magnetic media as it moves through the recording path. A servo circuit controls the speed of the capstan relative to a reference signal. Any error between the...