TABLE OF CONTENTS | ADSS | All-dielectric self-supporting | |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute | |
| A-NZDSF | Advanced nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber | |
| APD | Avalanche photodiode | |
| ARQ | Automatic repeat request | |
| ASE | Amplified spontaneous emission | |
| ASK | Amplitude shift keying | |
| ATM | Asynchronous transfer mode | |
| AWG | Arrayed waveguide grating | |
| BER | Bit error rate | |
| BLSR | Bidirectional line-switched ring | |
| CATV | Cable television | |
| CD | Chromatic dispersion | |
| CGM | Cross-gain modulation | |
| CMEMS | Compliant MEMS | |
| CNR | Carrier-to-noise ratio | |
| CO | Central office | |
| CPM | Cross-phase modulation | |
| CPU | Central processing unit | |
| CRC | Cyclic redundancy check | |
| CWDM | Coarse WDM | |
| DBR | Distributed Bragg reflector | |
| DCE | Dynamic channel equalizer | |
| DCF | Dispersion-compensating fiber | |
| DCM | Dispersion-compensating module |
| DFA | Doped-fiber amplifier | |
| DFB | Distributed-feedback (laser) | |
| DGE | Dynamic gain equalizer | |
| DSF | Dispersion-shifted fiber | |
| DTE | Data terminal equipment | |
| DWDM | Dense WDM | |
| EAM | Electroabsorption modulator | |
| EDFA | Erbium-doped fiber amplifier | |
| EDWA | Erbium-doped waveguide amplifier | |
| EIA | Electronic Industries Association | |
| EM | Electromagnetic | |
| EMS | Element management system | |
| EO | Electrooptical | |
| FBG | Fiber Bragg grating | |
| FC | Fibre Channel | |
| FDM | Frequency division multiplexing | |
| FEC | Forward error correction | |
| FOTP | Fiber Optic Test Procedure | |
| FP | Fabry-Perot | |
| FPM | Four-photon mixing | |
| FRPE | Flame-retardant polyethylene | |
| FSR | Free spectral range | |
| FTTB | Fiber to the building | |
| FTTC | Fiber to the curb | |
| FTTH | Fiber to the home | |
| FTTN | Fiber to the neighborhood | |
| FTTx | Fiber-to-the-x | |
| FWHM | Full-width half-maximum | |
| FWM | Four-wave mixing | |
| GFF | Gain-flattening... |
