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IP 
IPC 
IPX 
IR 
irradiance 
irradiation 
ISB 
ISDN 
ISM 
ISO 
isochrone 
isochronous 
isochronous burst transmission 
isochronous demodulation 
isochronous distortion 
isochronous modulation 
isochronous signal 
isolator 
isotropic 
isotropic antenna 
isotropic gain 
iterative impedance 
ITU 
ITU-R 
ITU-T 
IVDT 
IXC 
jabber 
jacket 
jamming margin 
jamming to signal ratio (J/S) 
jam signal 
jerkiness 
jitter 
job 
job-recovery control file 
Johnson noise 
joint 
joint multichannel trunking and switching system 
Joint Spectrum Center (JSC) 
Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) 
Joint Telecommunications Resources Board (JTRB) 
journal 
joy stick 
JSC 
JTIDS 
JTRB 
Julian date 
jumper 
junction point 
justification 
justify 


Kalman filter 
KDC 
kelvin (K) 
kelvin temperature scale 
Kendall effect 
Kennelly-Heaviside layer 
kernel 
Kerr electro-optic effect 
key 
keyboard 
keyboard punch 
key distribution center (KDC) 
keying 
keying variable 
key management 
key pulsing 
keypunch 
key set 
key stream 
key telephone system (KTS) 
key variable 
k-factor 
kHz 
kilohertz (kHz) 
kilometer 
km 
knife-edge effect 
k T 
KTS 
K-type patch bay
label 
labeled channel 
labeled interface structure 
labeled multiplexing 
labeled statistical channel 
Lambertian radiator 
Lambertian reflector 
Lambertian source 
Lambert's cosine law 
Lambert's emission law 
LAN 
LAN application (software) 
land line 
land mobile-satellite service 
land mobile service 
land mobile station 
landscape mode 
land station 
language 
language processor 
LAN operating system 
LAP-B 
LAP-D 
laser 
laser chirp 
laser diode 
laser disk 
laser intelligence (LASINT) 
laser medium 
lasing 
lasing threshold 
LASINT 
last-in first-out (LIFO) 
LATA 
lateral offset loss 
launch angle 
launching fiber 
launch numerical aperture (LNA) 
layer 
layered system 
lay length 
LBO 
LCD 
LDM 
leaky bucket counter 
leaky mode 
leaky ray 
leap second 
leased circuit 
least-time principle 
LEC 
LED 
left-hand (anti-clockwise) polarized wave 
leg 
level 
level alignment 
LF 
LIFO 
light 
light-emitting diode (LED) 
lightguide 
lightning down-conductor 
lightning protection subsystem 
light pen 
light valve 
limited protection 
limited-protection voice equipment 
limiter 

minimum discernable signal (MDS) 
minimum-dispersion slope 
minimum-dispersion wavelength 
minimum-dispersion window 
minimum-loss window 
minimum picture interval 
MIP 
MIS 
misalignment loss 
misdelivered block 
mission bit stream 
mixer 
mixing 
MLPP 
MM patch bay 

modulator 
modulator-demodulator (modem) 
module 
monitor 
monitoring 
monitor jack 
monitor key 
monochromatic 
monochromator 
monomode optical fiber 
Mosaic 
mosquito noise 
motion compensation 
motion response degradation 
motion video 

mouse 
M-patch bay 
m-sequence 
MTBF 
MTBO 
MTSR 
MTTR 
mudbox 
MUF 
mu-law ( -law) 
mu-law ( -law) algorithm 
muldem 
multiaddress calling 
multicarrier modulation (MCM) 

limiter circuit 
limiting 
limits of interference 
line 
line adapter circuit 
linear analog control 
linear analog synchronization 
linear combiner 
linear device 
linearity 
linearly polarized (LP) mode 
linear network 
linear optimization 
linear polarization 
linear predictive coding (LPC) 
linear programming (LP) 
linear topology 
line balance 
line buildout (LBO) 
line code 
line driver 
line filter balance 
line hit 
line load control 
line loop 
line-of-sight (LOS) propagation 
line-route map 
line side 
line source 
line spectrum 
line speed 
line-to-line correlation 
line traffic coordinator (LTC) 
line verification 
linewidth 
link 
link encryption 
linking protection (LP) 
Link Layer 
link level 
link orderwire 
link protocol 
link quality analysis (LQA) 
lip synchronization 
liquid crystal display (LCD) 
LLC 
LNA 
load 
load capacity 
loader 
load factor 
loading 
loading characteristic 
loading coil 
lobe 
lobe attaching unit 
local access and transport area (LATA) 
local area network (LAN) 
local battery 
local call 
local central office 
local clock 
local exchange 
local exchange carrier (LEC) 
local exchange loop 
local line 
local loop 
local measured service 
local office 
local orderwire 
local side 
lock-in frequency 
lock-in range 
lockout 
log 
logical circuit 
logical link control (LLC) sublayer 
logical route 
logical signaling channel 
logical topology 
log in 
login 
log off 
log-off 
logon 
log on 
log out 
log-periodic (LP) antenna 
log-periodic (LP) array 
long-distance call 
long-haul communications 
longitudinal balance 
longitudinal offset loss 
longitudinal redundancy check (LRC) 
longitudinal voltage 
long line 
long-range aid to navigation (loran) system 
long-range radio aid to navigation system 
long-term stability 
long wavelength 
look-ahead-for-busy (LFB) information 
loop 
loop-back 
loop check 
looped dual bus 
loop filter 
loop gain 
loop noise 
loop start 
loop test 
loop transmission 
loose buffer 
loran 
loran station 
LOS 
loss 
lossy medium 
lost block 
lost call 
lower frequency ground 
lowest usable high frequency (LUF) 
low frequency (LF) 
low-level keying 
low-level language 
low-level modulation 
low-level signaling 
low-pass filter 
low-performance equipment 
low-power communication device 
LP 
L-pad 
LPC 
LP mode 
LP 01 mode 
LQA 
LRC 
LSB 
LTC 
LUF 
luminescent diode 
lynx MAC 
machine-independent 
machine instruction 
machine language 
machine learning 
machine-oriented language 
machine-readable medium 
machine word 
macrobend 
macrobend loss 
magnetic card 

multiplexing (MUXing) 
multiplexing equipment 
multiplex link encryption 
multipoint 
multipoint access 
multipoint circuit 
multipoint distribution service 
multipoint grounding system 
multipoint link 
multiport repeater 
multiprocessing 
multiprocessor

mode coupling 
mode field diameter (MFD) 
mode filter 
mode [identification friend or foe] 
modem 
mode mixer 
modem patch 
mode partition noise 
mode scrambler 
mode stripper 
mode volume 

multicast 
multicast address 
multichannel 
multicoupler 
multi-element dipole antenna 
multifiber cable 
multifiber cable assembly 
multifiber joint 
multiframe 
multifrequency pulsing 
multifrequency signaling 
multilayer filter 
multiple homing 
multiple media 
multiple-spot scanning 
multiplex (MUX) 
multiplex aggregate bit rate 
multiplex baseband 
multiplexer (MUX) 
multiplexer/demultiplexer (muldem) 
multiplex hierarchy 

magnetic circuit 
magnetic core storage 
magnetic disk 
magnetic drum 
magnetic storm 
magnetic tape 
magneto-ionic double refraction 
magneto-optic 
magneto-optic effect 
mailbox-type facility 
main beam 
main distribution frame (MDF) 
main frame 
mainframe 
main lobe 
main station 
main storage 
maintainability 
maintenance 
maintenance control circuit (MCC) 
major lobe 
MAN 
managed object 
management information system (MIS) 
Manchester code 
mandrel wrapping 
man-machine system 
margin 
marine broadcast station 
marine utility station 
maritime air communications 
maritime broadcast communications net 
maritime mobile-satellite service 
maritime mobile service 
maritime radionavigation-satellite service 
maritime radionavigation service 
mark 
marker beacon 
marking bias 
marking end distortion 
marking pulse 
marking signal 
m -ary code 
m -ary signaling 
maser 
mask 
masked threshold 
master clock 
master frequency generator 
mastergroup 
master oscillator 
master-slave timing 
master station 
matched junction 
matching gel 
material absorption 
material dispersion 
material dispersion coefficient [ M ( )] 
material scattering 
maximal-ratio combiner 
maximum block transfer time 
maximum calling area 
maximum disengagement time 
maximum justification rate 
maximum keying frequency 
maximum modulating frequency 
maximum stuffing rate 
maximum usable frequency (MUF) 
maximum user signaling rate 
Maxwell's equations 
MCC 
MCM 
MDF 
meaconing 
mean power (of a radio transmitter) 
mean time between failures (MTBF) 
mean time between outages ( MTBO ) 
mean time to repair (MTTR) 
mean time to service restoral (MTSR) 
measured-rate service 
measurement period 
mechanically induced modulation 
mechanically intermateable connectors 
mechanical splice 
mediation function 
medium 
medium access control (MAC) sublayer 
medium access unit (MAU) 
medium frequency (MF) 
medium interface connector (MIC) 
medium interface point (MIP) 
medium-power talker 
megahertz (MHz) 
memory 
menu 
MERCAST 
merchant-ship broadcast system (MERCAST) 
meridional ray 
mesh network 
mesh topology 
mesochronous 
message 
message alignment indicator 
message broadcast 
message center 
message feedback 
message format 
message handling system (MHS) 
message heading 
message part 
message register leads 
message service 
message switching 
message toll service 
message transfer part 
message unit 
messaging service 
metallic circuit 
metallic voltage 
meteor burst communications 
meteorological aids service 
meteorological-satellite service 
metric system 
metropolitan area network (MAN) 
MF 
MFD 
MFJ 
MFSK 
MHS 
MHz 
MIC 
microbend 
microbending 
microbend loss 
microcircuit 
microcode 
microcomputer 
microfinishing film 
microinstruction 
micro-mainframe link 
microprocessor 
microprogram 
microwave (mw) 
Mie scattering 
mileage 
military common emergency frequency 
millimeter wave 
minicomputer 
minimize 
minimum bend radius 

mobile Earth station 
mobile-satellite service 
mobile service 
mobile services switching center (MSC) 
mobile station 
modal dispersion 
modal distortion 
modal distribution 
modal loss 
modal noise 
mode 

Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) 
modified AMI code 
modular 
modular jack 
modulation 
modulation factor 
modulation index 
modulation rate 
modulation suppression 


multilevel modulation 
multilevel precedence and preemption (MLPP) 
multilink operation 
multimedia 
multimode dispersion 
multimode distortion 
multimode group delay 
multimode optical fiber 
multiparty line 
multipath 
multiple 
multiple access 
multiple call 
multiple frequency-shift keying (MFSK)