What does it stand for?

[Barry Scholes]

I have read so much over the last few weeks that my head is bursting.

I wish someone had a list of ACRONYMS with an explanation attached. This would be a usefull reference item.

I will start this one please add to it as we go.

 

SACN - Sea Anglers Conservation Network

SFSA - Scottish Federation of Sea Anglers

S0S - Save our Sharks

NFSA - National Federation of Sea Anglers

[MJB]

UKSWFF - United Kingdom Salt Walter Fly Fishermen

[jabee]

TLA - Three Letter Acronym

[Leon Roskilly]

SALC - Sea Angling Liason Committee

http://www.nfsa.org.uk/general/salc_intro.htm

 

 

JAGB - Joint Angling Governing Bodies

http://www.nfsa.org.uk/news_views/jagb_pr_nov02.htm

 

 

FACT - Fishing and Angling Conservation Trust (the UK Peak body for angling)

http://anglingsites.com/saa/politicsinfo/s.../structures.htm

 

 

EAA - European Anglers Alliance

http://www.eaa-europe.org

 

 

RFA - (USA Based) Recreational Fishing Alliance

http://www.joinrfa.org/

 

 

(More Angling body abbreviations at

http://anglingsites.com/saa/saainfo/abbreviation.htm )

 

 

See also Who Does What

 

TL - leon

[Leon Roskilly]

BASS - Bass Anglers Sportfishing Society

http://www.ukbass.com

 

NMC - National Mullet Club

http://www.thenationalmulletclub.org

[ColinW]

If your head is bursting from them don't do a computer networking course!

ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line

AM amplitude modulation

AMPS advanced mobile phone system

ANS advanced networks and services

ANSI American national standards institute

ARPA advanced research projects agency

ATM asynchronous transfer mode

CCITT comite consultatif international telegraphique et telephonique

CDMA code division multiple access

CSMA carrier sense multiple access

CSMA/CD CSMA with collision detection

D-AMPS digital advanced mobile phone system (U.S.)

DNS domain name system

DSLAM digital subscriber line access multiplexer

FDD frequency division duplexing

FDM frequency division multiplexing

FM frequency modulation

FTP file transfer protocol

GPS global positioning system

GPRS general packet radio service

GSM global system for mobile communications (except U.S.)

HTTP hypertext transfer protocol

IP internet protocol

ISM industrial scientific medical (frequency bands)

ISP internet service provider

ITU international telecommunications union

ITU-R ITU radiocommunications

ITU-T ITU standardization

ITU-D ITU development

ISO international standards organisation

KB 1024 bytes

kbps 1000 bits per second

LAN local area network

LLC logical link control

LMDS local multipoint distribution service

MAC medium access control

MAN metropolitan area network

MB 1048576 bytes

mbps 1000000 bits per second

MMDS multichannel multipoint distribution service

MTSO mobile telephone switching office

NAP network access point

NAT network address translation

NID network interface device

NSF national science foundation

OSI open systems interconnection

PCM pulse code modulation

PDA personal digital assistant

POP point of presence

POTS plain old telephone service

PPP point to point protocol

PSTN public switched telephone network

QAM quadrature amplitude modulation

QPSK quadrature phase shift keying

SMTP simple mail transfer protocol

SNA systems network architecture (IBM)

TCP transmission control protocol

TDM time division multiplexing

UDP user datagram protocol

USB universal serial bus

UTP unshielded twisted pair

WAN wide area network

WAP wireless applications protocol

WCDMA wideband CDMA

WLL wireless local loop

WWW world wide web

and I'm only on the third chapter of the text book!!

[John E Ashford]

Someone once told me to FO. :confused:

[fisherman]

John E Ashford:

Someone once told me to FO. :confused:

Nice one John lol

Dave

[Toerag]

GSYHUADBB - go stick your head up a dead bear's bum

PEBKAC error - problem exists between keyboard and chair

ColinW - If you thought computer networking was bad you should try communications in general! The manual for one type of telephone exchange switch lists 800 acronyms!

 

[ 14. October 2005, 06:40 PM: Message edited by: Toerag ]

[Norrie]

I have in the past been told to......GTF.....anyone know what it means ????

 

And once while in the middle of singing Unchained Melody at a karaoke night ,I was told....KLTFS.....something about "Kindly Leave The F****** Stage".......

 

[ 14. October 2005, 06:55 PM: Message edited by: Norrie ]