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geostationary orbit 
geostationary satellite 
geostationary satellite orbit 
geosynchronous orbit 
germanium photodiode 
ghost 
gigaflop 
gigahertz (GHz) 
glare 
glass 
glide slope facility 
global 
global address 
global status 
GMT 
go-ahead message 
go-ahead notice 
go-ahead tone 
gold code 
Gopher 
GOS 
GOSIP 
Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile 
graceful degradation 
graded-index fiber 
graded-index profile 
grade of service (GOS) 
grandfathered systems 
grandfathered terminal equipment 
graphical user interface (GUI) 
graphic character 
graphics 
Gray code 
gray scale 
great circle 
Greenwich Civil Time (GCT) 
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) 
ground 
ground absorption 
ground constants 
ground current 
ground loop 
ground plane 
ground potential 
ground-return circuit 
ground start 
ground wave 
group 
group address 
group alerting and dispatching system 
group busy hour (GBH) 
group delay 
group delay time 
group distribution frame (GDF) 
group index ( N ) 
grouping factor 
group 1. . . 4 facsimile 
group patch bay 
group velocity 
G / T 
guard band 
guarded frequency 
guided mode 
guided ray 
guided wave 
Hagelbarger code 
half-duplex (HDX) operation 
halftone 
halftone characteristic 
Hamming code 
Hamming distance 
Hamming weight 
handoff 
handshaking 
hangover 
HA1-receiver weighting 
hard copy 
hard disk 
hardened 
hard limiting 
hard sectoring 
hardware 
hardwire 
harmful interference 
harmonic 
harmonic distortion 
hazards of electromagnetic radiation to fuel (HERF) 
hazards of electromagnetic radiation to ordnance (HERO) 
hazards of electromagnetic radiation to personnel (HERP) 
H-bend 
H-channel 
HDLC 
HDTV 
HDX 
head 
head end 
header 
head-of-bus function 
head-on collision 
Heaviside layer 
height gain 
helical antenna 
HEMP 
HE 11 mode 
HERF 
HERO 
HERP 
hertz (Hz) 
Hertzian wave 
heterochronous 
heterodyne 
heterodyne repeater 
heterogeneous multiplexing 
heuristic routing 
hexadecimal 

intrinsic noise 
inverse multiplexer 
inverse-square law 
inverted position 
inverter 
Inward Wide-Area Telephone Service (INWATS) 
INWATS 
I/O 
IOC 
I/O controller 
ionosphere 
ionosphere sounder 
ionospheric absorption 
ionospheric disturbance

International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee 
International Time Bureau (BIH) 
[The] Internet 
internet 
Internet protocol (IP) 
Internet protocol (IP) spoofing 
internetwork connection 
internetworking 
interoffice trunk 
interoperability 

HF 
HFDF 
hierarchical computer network 
hierarchically synchronized network 
hierarchical routing 
high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) 
high-definition television (HDTV) 
higher frequency ground 
high frequency (HF) 
high-frequency distribution frame (HFDF) 
high-level control 
high-level data link control (HDLC) 
high-level language (HLL) 
high-order language 
high-pass filter 
high-performance equipment 
high-usage trunk group 
highway 
hiss 
hit 
HLL 
hockey puck 
hold-in frequency range 
holding time 
homing 
homochronous 
homogeneous cladding 
homogeneous multiplexing 
hop 
hop count 
horizon angle 
horizontal redundancy check 
horizontal resolution 
horn 
horn gap switch 
host 
host computer 
hot boot 
hotline 
hot standby 
house cable 
housekeeping signals 
H-plane bend 
HTML 
HTTP 
hub 
Huffman coding 
hundred call-seconds (CCS) 
hunting 
hybrid 
hybrid balance 
hybrid cable 
hybrid coil 
hybrid communications network 
hybrid computer 
hybrid connector 
hybrid coupler 
hybrid interface structure 
hybrid junction 
hybrid mode 
hybrid network 
hybrid routing 
hybrid set 
hybrid spread spectrum 
hybrid system 
hybrid topology 
hydroxyl ion absorption 
hypermedia 
hypertext 
Hypertext Transfer Protocol 
Hz 
ICA 
ICI 
ICMP 
icon 
ICW 
identification, friend or foe (IFF) 
identification friend or foe personal identifier 
identifier (ID) 
IDF 
idle-channel noise 
idle character 
idle-line termination 
idle state 
idle time 
IDN 
IDTV 
IF 
I/F 
IFF 
IFRB 
IF repeater 
IFS 
ILD 
illegal character 
ILS 
IM 
image 
image antenna 
image frequency 
image frequency rejection ratio 
image rejection ratio 
imagery 
IMD 
immediate message 
IMP 
impedance 
impedance matching 
improper character 
improved-definition television (IDTV) 
improvement threshold 
impulse 
impulse excitation 
impulse noise 
impulse response 
IN 
in-band noise power ratio 
in-band signaling 
incidental-radiation device 
inclination of an orbit (of an Earth satellite) 
inclined orbit 
inclusion 
incoherent 
incoming call identification (ICI) 
incorrect block 
incremental compaction 
incremental phase modulation (IPM) 
indefinite call sign 

 

interoperability standard 
interoperation 
interposition trunk 
interpret 
interrogation 
interrupt 
interrupted continuous wave (ICW) 
interrupted isochronous transmission 
interruption 
inter-satellite service 

independent clocks 
independent-sideband (ISB) transmission 
index dip 
indexing 
index-matching gel 
index-matching material 
index of cooperation 
index of refraction 
index profile 
indirect control 
indirect wave 
individual line 
individual reception (in the broadcasting-satellite service) 
inductive coupling 
industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) applications (of radio frequency energy) 
industry standard 
information 
information-bearer channel 
information bit 
information feedback 
information field 
information processing 
information processing center (IPC) 
information security 
information source 
information superhighway 
information system 
information systems security (INFOSEC) 
information transfer 
information-transfer phase 
information-transfer transaction 
INFOSEC 
infrared (IR) 
inhibiting signal 
injection fiber 
injection laser diode (ILD) 
ink vapor recording 
input 
input data 
input-output channel 
input-output controller (IOC) 
input/output (I/O) device 
input protection 
insertion gain 
insertion loss 
insertion-loss-vs.-frequency characteristic 
inside call 
inside plant 
inside wire 
in-slot signaling 
inspection lot 
instruction 
instrument landing system (ILS) 
instrument landing system glide path 
instrument landing system localizer 
integrated circuit (IC) 
integrated digital network (IDN) 
integrated optical circuit (IOC) 
integrated services digital network 
integrated station 
integrated system 
integrated voice and data terminal (IVDT) 
integrating network 
integrity 
intelligent network (IN) 
intelligent peripheral (IP) 
intelligibility 
intelligible crosstalk 
intensity 
intensity modulation (IM) 
interaction crosstalk 
interactive data transaction 
interactive service 
interblock gap 
intercept 
interchangeability 
interchangeable connectors 
interchange circuit 
intercharacter interval 
intercom 
interconnect facility 
interconnection 
interexchange carrier (IXC) 
interface (I/F) 
interface functionality 
interface message processor (IMP) 
interface payload 
interface point 
interface standard 
interference 
interference emission 
interference filter 
interferometer 
interferometry 
interframe time fill 
interlaced scanning 
interlacing 
inter-LATA 
interleaving 
intermediate distribution frame (IDF) 
intermediate element 
intermediate field 
intermediate-field region 
intermediate frequency (IF) 
intermediate language 
intermediate-level language 
intermediate system 
intermediate zone 
intermodal delay distortion 
intermodal dispersion 
intermodal distortion 
intermodulation (IM) 
intermodulation distortion 
intermodulation noise 
intermodulation product 
internal bias 
internal call 
internal memory 
internal photoelectric effect 
internal storage 
International Atomic Time (TAI) 
international index of cooperation 
International Frequency Registration Board (IFRB) 
International Organization for Standardization 
International Radio Consultative Committee 
International System of Units (SI) 
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 
International Telegraph Alphabet Number 5 (ITA-5) 


interswitch trunk 
intersymbol interference 
intertoll trunk 
interworking functions 
intra-LATA 
intramodal distortion 
intraoffice trunk 
intrinsic joint loss