Acronym

Description

A/E

Architect/Engineer

AABS

Automated Alternate Billing Services (UT)

AAP

Affirmative Action Program

AAPS

Auxiliary Alarm Processing System

AAV

Alternative Access Vendor

ABC

Advanced Business Connection

ABEND

Abnormal End

ABH

Average Busy Hour

ABUBF

Accepted But Uninstalled Business Function (IS)

AC

Account Consultant

ACC

Access Industries

ACC

Advanced Computer Communications

ACCT

Account Code

ACS

Automated Costing System (FANASD)

AD

After Divestiture

ADAM

Advanced Digital Access Manager

ADIN

Authorization Code Database Index Number

ADM

Add/Drop Multiplexer

ADM

Administration Department

ADM

Administrative Recovery Group

ADN

Abbreviated Dialing Number

ADT

Audio Detect Tone

AFE

Authorization For Expenditure

AFT

Advanced Function Terminal

AFT

Automatic File Transfer

AIMS

Access Interface Management System

AL

Action Limits

ALITS

Automated Lab Integration Test System

ALLBUD

Network Trunk Building System

ALP

Alpha Wire

AMOS

Automated Maintenance Order System

AMOS

Automated Marketing Outbound System

ANI

Automatic Number Identification

ANM

Answer Message

ANNTYPE

Announcement Type

ANSCALLS

Answered Calls

AOI

Automatic Optical Inspection (MFG)

AOPS

Automated Order Packaging System

AP

Application Processor

APD

Access Product Development

APDU

Application Protocol Data Unit

APG

Application Recovery Group

APL

Access Private Line (Private Line Data Core Team)

APP

Access Processing Parameters

APS

Access Product Support Specialist

AR

Account Representative

ARA

Automated Rate Analysis (PM)

ARPA

Advanced Research Projects Agency

ARQ

Automatic Request for Repetition

ARS

Automated Records System

ARS

Automatic Route Selection

ARS

Automatic Routing Selector

ARSB

Automated Repair Service Bureau

ARU

Automatic Response Unit

AS

Administrative Services

ASA

American Statistical Association

ASA

Average Speed of Answer

ASC

Advanced Scientific Computer

ASC

Alarm Status Circuit

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASD

Access Device

ASD

Access Drive

ASD

Auto Speed Detect

ASHRAE

American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc.

ASI

Advanced Services Implementation

ASI

Alarm Status Indicator

ASIS

American Society for Information Science

ASL

Available Space List

ASM

Association for Systems Management

ASMDR

Advanced Station Message Detail Reporting

ASP

Adjunct Service Point

ASP

Alarm Status Panel

ASP

Application Service Part

ASP

Auto Speed Port

ASPEN

Automated Save Performance Evaluation Network

ASPR

Armed Services Procurement Regulations

ASR

Access Service Record

ASR

Automatic Send-Receive

ASSERT

User Program Defensive Check Failure

ASSIST

Account Service and Support Information System Tool

AST

Activity Switch Timer (Northern Telecom)

AST

Advanced System Testing

ASU

Alarm Status Unit

AT

Acceptance Tasks

AT

Access Tandem

AT

Access Transport

ATA

American Teleport Association

ATAU

Automated Test and Alignment Unit

ATB

All Trunks Busy

ATC

Adaptive Transform Coding

ATC

Applied Technology Council

ATC

Automatic Technical Control

ATC

Time and Charge Services on 1+ Calls

ATD

Automated Telephone Directory (Suntel C3 computer subsystem)

ATDC

Attendant Console

ATDM

Asynchronous Time Division Multiplexing

ATE

Asynchronous Terminal Emulation

ATE

Automatic Testing Equipment (MFG)

ATET

Alliance Traffic Exchange Tape

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (NOCC)

ATM

Automated Teller Machine

ATM DXI

ATM Digital Exchange Interface

ATME #2

Automatic Transmission Measuring and Signaling Testing Equipment No. 2

ATMR

ATM Ring

ATOMS

Automated Translations Order Monitoring System

ATP

All Tests Pass

ATS

Administrative Terminal System

ATS

Automated Terminal System

ATSU

Association of Time-Sharing Users

ATSM Area Technical Support Manager

ATT

Automatic Trunk Testing

ATT-IS

AT&T Information Systems

AUL

Automatic Line

AUM

Auxiliary Unit Maintenance

AUTH

Authorization

AUTHCODE

Authorization Code

AUTHM

Authorization Maintenance

AUTODIN

Automatic Digital Network

AUTOGUY

Automated LAN Execution System

AUTOVON

Automatic Voice Network

AUUA

America's Univac Users Association

AV/D

Alternate Voice/Data

AWG

American Wire Gauge

AWO

Automated Work Order

AWOS

Automated Work Order Subsystem

AWT

Actual Work Time

AWT

Average Work Time