Acronym

Description

C&I

Construction & Installation

C&P

The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (ies)

C&R

Code and Routing

C.mmp

Carnegie Multi-Mini Processor

C2

Command and Control

C3

Communications Control Center (Suntel Computer)

C3I

Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence

CA

Cabling Assignments

CA

Collision Avoidance

CAC

Calling-card Authorization Computer

CACM

Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery

CACS

Centralized Alarm Control System

CACS

Computer Assisted Collection System

CACS

Customer Account Collection System

CACS

Customer Administration Center System

CAD

Calling Area Database

CAD

Computer-Aided Design

CADS

Code Abuse Detection System (also known as ACD)

CAE

Cable Acceptance Engineer

CAE

Computer-Aided Education

CAE

Computer-Aided Engineering

CAI

Computer-Assisted Instruction (also Computer-Aided Instruction)

CAL

Computer-Aided Learning

CALC

Customer Access Line Charges

CALRS

Centralized Automatic Loop Reporting System

CAM

Computer-Aided Manufacturing

CAMA

Centralized Automatic Message Accounting

CAMP

Control Administration and Maintenance Position

CAMS

Customer Account Maintenance System

CAN

Cancel Character

CAN

Computer Architecture News

CanF

Cancel From

CANN

Customer Announcement

CanT

Cancel To

CAP

Competive Access Provider

CAP

Customer Administration Panel

CAPS

Code Abuse Prevention System

CAR

Computer Access Restriction

CARE

Computer-Aided Reliability Estimation

CARE

Customer Account Reconciliation

CAROT

Centralized Automatic Reporting On Trunks

CARS

Community Antenna Relay Service

CARTS

Corporate Access Rates and Tariff System

CAS

Centralized Attendant Service

CAS

Commission Accounting System

CAS

Craft Access System

CAS

Customer Administration System

CASE

Computer-Assisted Software Engineering

CAT

Call Area Tables

CAT

Centrex Access Treatment

CAT

Computer-Assisted Tomography

CAT

Customer Access Treatment

CAT

Customer Administration Terminal

CATP

Conditional All Tests Pass

CATRS

Compressed Analysis Total Requirements Statement (IS)

CATS

Customer Accounts Transition System

CATS

Customer Activation Tracking System

CATTS

Centralized Automatic Trunk Testing System

CATV

Cable Television

CAUSE

College and University System Exchange

CB

Channel Bank

CB

Corporate Billing System

C-band

3.9 GHz to 6.2 GHz

CBCT

Customer-Bank Communication Terminal

CBD

Commerce Business Daily

CBE

Computer-Based Education

CBEMA

Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers Association

CBIC

Complimentary Bipolar Integrated Circuit

CBMG

Central Business Marketing Group

CBMS

Computer Based Message Systems

CBQ

Call-back Queuing

CBQMP

Call-back Queuing Maximum Priority

CBQPPT

Call-back Queuing Priority Promotion Timer

CBQRA

Call-back Queuing Route Advance

CBQRAT

Call-back Queuing Route Advance Timer

CBQSP

Call-back Queuing Start Priority

CBR

Constant Bit Rate

CBS

Carrier Billing System

CBS

Conceptual Business System (IS)

CBT

Computer Based Training

CBX

Computerized Branch Exchange (Rolm)

CBYD

Call Before You Dig (NOCC)

CC

Central Controller

CC

Coin Collect

CC

Conference Coordinator

CC

Cost Center

CCB

Change of Control Board (MFG)

CCB

Configuration Control Board

CCBs

Call Condensed Blocks

CCC

Central Control Complex

CCC

Clear Channel Capability

CCC

Country Code

CCD

Customer Commit Date ***

CCD

Charge Coupled Device

CCD

Cross-connect Device (telephony)

CCER

Customer Circuit Equipment Request

CCH

Connections per Circuit Hour

CCI

Controlled Cryptographic Item

CCIA

Computer and Communications Industry Association

CCIR

International Radio Consultative Committee

CCIS

Common Channel Interoffice Signaling (network)

CCIS-BS

Common Channel Interoffice Signaling - Banded Signaling

CCIS-DS

Common Channel Interoffice Signaling - Direct Signaling

CCITT

International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee

CCM

Common Channel Manager

CCM

Communication Control Module

CCM

Computer Controlled Manager

CCMC

Customer Control Management Center

C-conditioning

A type of conditioning that controls attenuation, distortion, and delay distortion to specific limits.

CCR

Capitol Commitment Requisition

CCR

Customer Control Reconfiguration

CCS

Call Completion Seconds

CCS

Centi (Hundred) Call Seconds

CCS

Common Carrier Systems

CCS

Common Channel Signaling (AT&T)

CCS7

Common Channel Signaling System No. 7

CCSA

Common Channel Signaling Arrangement

CCSA

Common Circuit Switching Access

CCSA

Common Control Switching Arrangement

CCSR

Centrex Customer Station Rearrangement

CCSS

Common Channel Signaling System

CCT

Central Control Terminal

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

CCU

Communications Control Unit

CCV

Calling Card Validation

CD

Call Detail

CD

Circle Digit (CD0-CD9)

CD

Circuit Description Document

CD

Collision Detection

CD

Connectivity Date

CD

Control and Display Circuit

CD

Country Direct

CD ROM

Compact Disk Read-Only Memory

CDA

Conceptual Design Area (IS)

CDAL

Control and Diagnostic Access Link

CDAL

Control Diagnostics Access Lead (AT&T)

CDAR

Customer Dialed Account Recording

CDB

Circuit Descriptor Block

CDC

Control Data Corporation

CDCCP

Control Data Communications Control Program (Control Data Corp.)

CDF

Customer Distribution Frame

CDFI

Communication Link Digital Facility Interface

CDFI

Inter-Remote Switching Module Communication Link Digital Facilities Interface

CDI

Code Index

CDI

Control and Data Interface

CDL

Computer Description Language

CDL

Computer Design Language

CDMA

Call Division Multiple Access

CDO

Community Dial Office

CDP

Certificate in Data Processing

CDR

Call Data Record(ing)

CDR

Call Detail Record

CDR

Call Detail Record(ing)

CDR

Call Detail Reporting

CDRID

Call Detail Record Identification

CDRL

Contract Data Requirements List

CDRL

Contract Data Requirements List

CDS

Conceptual Data Store (IS)

CDT

Call Data Transmitter

CE

Coaxial Eliminator

CEAS

Corporate Exchange Architecture System

CEC

Corporate Education Center

CEF

Cable Entrance Facility

CEI

Comparably Efficient Interconnection

Centrex

Central Exchange

CEO

Carrier End Office

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CEPA

Civil Engineering Programming Applications

CEPT

Conference of European Postal and Telecommunications Administration

CERT

Character Error Rate Testing

CES

Coaxial Elimination System

CES

Conceptual Environmental Statement (IS)

CES

Customer Evaluation Survey

CESS

Coaxial Elimination and Switching System

CF

Call Forwarding

CF

Coin First

CFA

Carrier Facility Alarm

CFAC

Call Forwarding All Calls

CFB

Call Forwarding Busy

CFBL

Call Forwarding Busy Line

CFDA

Call Forwarding Don't Answer

CFE

Contractor-Furnished Equipment

CFI

Call Forwarding Intragroup

CFMS

Construction Force Measurement System

CFNA

Call Forwarding No Answer

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CFU

Call Forwarding Universal

CFW

Call Forwarding

CG

Computer Graphics

CGA

Carrier Group Alarm

CGA

Color Graphics Adaptor

CHARS

Customer Heirarchy and Reporting System

CHARS

Customer Hierarchy and Reporting System (IPS)

CHG

Charging

CHIPS

Call History Information Processing System

CI

Carrier Interconnect

CI

Command Interpreter

CI

Command Interpreter

CI

Control Interface

CI

Customer(-approved) Information

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CIA

Competitive Intelligence Association

CIAS

Circuit Inventory and Analysis System

CIB

Centralized Intercept Bureau

CIC

Carrier Identification Code

CIC

Circuit Identification Code

CICA

Competition In Contracting Act

CICS

Customer Information Control System

CID

Critical Indicator Display

CID

Customer Interactive Dialing

CIF

Carrier Interconnection Feature

CIF

Common Intermediate Format

CII

Compagnie Internationale pour Informatique

CI-II

Computer Inquiry II

CI-III

Computer Inquiry III

CIM

Computer Input from Microfilm

CIM

Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

CINCC

Customer Information Network Communication and Control

CIPS

Canadian Information Processing Society

CIR

Circuit Interruption Report

CIR

Commited Information Rate

CIS

Critical Indicator Screen

CIS

Customer Information System

CIS

Customer Information System (CS)

CIS

Customized Intercept System

CISI

Compagnie Internationale de Services et Informatique

CISR

Customer Installation and Service Results

CIT

Contract Invoice Transmittal

CIT

Craft Interface Terminal

CIU

Control Interface Unit

CKT

Circuit

CL

Customer Location

CLAS

Customer Loop Assignment

CLASS

Customer Local Area Signaling Service

CLC

Circuit Line Card

CLC

Communications Line Controller

CLDN

Calling Line Directory Number

CLEI

Common Language Equipment Identification (or Information)

CLFI

Common Language Facility Identifier

CLI

Calling Line Identification

CLI

Change Level Indicator

CLI

Compression Labs, Inc.

CLIN

Contract Line Identification Number

CLIN

Contract Line Item Number

CLIN

Contract Line Item Number

C-link

The wired connection between the stage 0 switch and the stage 1 switch in a Line Junctor Switch frame or Trunk Junctor Switch frame.

CLLI

Common Language Location Identifier

CLM

Corporate Logical Model (IS)

CLNAP

Connectionless Network Access Protocol

CLNS

Connectionless Network Service

CLP

Cell Loss Priority

CLP

Communications Line Processor

CLR

Circuit Layout Record

CLR

Circuit Layout Record

CLS

Combined Link Set

CLSF

Connectionless Server Function

CLSR

Computer Law Service Reporter

CM

Communications Manager

CM

Communications Module

CM

Computing Module

CM

Configuration Management

CM

Connection Memory

CM1

Communications Module Model 1

CM2

Communications Module Model 2

CMC

Central Message Controller

CMC

Central Message Controller

CMC

Change Management & Control (NOCC)

CMC

Communications Module Control

CMC

Construction Management Center

CMCC

Central Management and Control Center

CMCS

Customer Message Center System

CMCU

Communications Module Control Unit

CMD

Credit Management Department

CMDR

Command Reject

CMI

Coded Mark Inversion

CMI

Computer-Managed Instruction

CMIP

Current Month Invoicing Process

CMM

Corporate Market Management

CMOS

Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

CMP

Communications Module Processor

CMS

Central Message System

CMS

Centralized Message Service

CMS

Compliance Monitoring System

CMS

Control Monitor System

CMS

Conversational Monitor System

CMSS

Customer Management Support Services

CMU

Channel Monitoring Unit

CN

Change Notice

CND

Customer Number Development

CNDC

Customer Network Design Center

CNDC

Customer Network Design Center (CN)

CNI

Common Network Interface

CNI/IMS

Common Network Interface/Interprocessor Message Switch

CNM

Customer Network Management

CNMC

Client Network Management Center

CNO

Chief of Naval Operations

CNQD

Corporate Network Quality Department

CNR

Carrier-to-Noise Ratio

CNS

Complementary Network Services                                       

CNS

Corporate Network Services

CO

Central Office

CO LAN

Central Office Local Area Network

COAM

Customer Owned and Maintained

COB

Close of Business

COBOL

Common Business Oriented Language

COC

Central Office Connection

COD

Cutoff on Disconnect

CODASYL

Conference on Data Systems Languages

Codec

Coder-decoder (analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog)

COEES

Central Office Equipment Engineering System

COER

Central Office Equipment Report

COESS

Central Office Equipment Estimation System

COG

Centralized Operations Group

COIC

Central Office Installation Coordination

COM

Computer Output Microform

COM

Computer Output on Microfilm

COMP

Continuity of Management Plan

Compandor

Compressor-expandor

COMPAS

Customer Order Maintenance Processing Accounts System

Compool

Communications pool

COMSAT

Communications Satellite Corporation

COMSEC

Communications Security

COMSYS

Communications System

CONTU

Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrights

CONUS

Continental United States

COOP

Continuity of Operations Plan

COP

Cutover Plan

COPE

Construction Operations Property and Engineering

COR

Class of Restriction

COR

Contracting Officer's Representative

CORC

Customer-Originated Recent Change

COS

Class of Service

COS

Class of Service

COS

Corporation for Open Systems

COSATI

Committee on Scientific and Technical Information

COSI

Class of Service Index

COSINE

Cooperative Service in Education

COSMIC

Common Systems Main InterConnecting (frame)

COSMIC

Computer Software Management and Information Center

COSO

Class of Service Override

COSS

Class of Service Screening

COSS

Class of Service Screening

COT

Central Office Technician

COT

Central Office Terminal

COT

Customer Originated Trace

COTR

Contracting Officer's Technical Representative

CP

Circuit Pack

CP/M

A proprietary applications software

CPA

Coordinated Purchase Agreement

CPA

Customer-Provided Access

CPAM

Competitive Provisioning and Maintenance

CPB

Code Point Blocking

CPC

Card Programmed Calculator

CPD

Central Pulse Distributor

CPE

Customer Premises Equipment

CPH

Cost per Hour

CPI

Calling Party Identification

CPI

Central Processor Intervention

cpi

Characters per Inch

CPI

Computer-to-PBX Interface

CPI-W

Consumer Price Index

CPM

Control Program for Microcomputers

CPM

Cost per Minute

CPM

Cost Per Minute

CPM

Critical Path Method

CPMC

Circuit Pack Microcode

CPP

Call Processing Programs

CPR

Continuing Property Records System

CPS

Call Processing Software

cps

characters per second

CPS

Customer Premises System

CPSC

Consumer Product Safety Commission

CPSK

Coherent Phase-Shift Keying

CPTD

Call Progress Tone Detector

CPU

Central Processing (or Processor) Unit

CQS

Contractor Qualification Statement

CR

Call Reference

CR

Circuit Reliability

CR

Coin Return

CR

Communications Representative

CR

Corporate Repository (IS)

CR

Customer Requirements (IS)

CRA

Call Record Assembler

CRAB

Circuit Repair and Analysis Bureau (NOCC)

CRAM

Card Random Access Memory

CRB

Customer Records and Billing

CRC

Corporate Records Center

CRC

Cyclical Redundancy Check(ing)

CRDB

Corporate Reporting Database

CRI

Call Reconnect Identifier

CRI

Criterion Reference Instruction

CRI

Criterion Referenced Instruction

CRIS

Customer Record/Inventory System (Suntel C3 computer system)

CRIS

Customer Records Information System

CRKS

Circuit Record Keeping System

CRL

Cable Running List

CRQ

Call Request

CRS

Centralized Results System

CRSAB

Centralized Repair Service Answering (or Attendant) Bureau

CRT

Cathode Ray Tube

CRUD

Create, Read, Update and Delete

CS

Call Seconds

CS

Call Store

CS

Circuit Schematic

CS

Convergence Sublayer

CSC

Cell Site Controller

CSC

Circuit-Switching Center

CSC

Computer Security Center

CSC

Customer Service Center

CSC

Customer Support Center

CSD

Circuit-Switched Data

CSD

Communications Systems Division

CSDC

Circuit-Switched Digital Capability

CSDDS

Circuit-Switched Digital Data Service

CSDT

Circuit-Switched Digital Transmission

CSE

Computer Science and Engineering

CSES

Consecutive Severely Errored Seconds

CSF

Critical Success Factor

CSG

Consumer Services Group

CSIS

Corporate Security Information Security

CSM

Channel Supervision Message

CSM

Channel Supervision Messages

CSMA

Carrier Sense Multiple Access

CSMA/CD

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection

CSMDR

Centralized Station Message Detail Recording

CSMS

Customer Service Management System

CSO

Customer Service Office

CSR

Customer Service Representative

CSR

Customer Service Representative

CSR

Customer Station Rearrangement

CSR

Series Completion Remove/Replace (messages)

CSSO

Class of Service Screening Override

CST

Call Set-up Time

CSTL

Coin Station Test Line

CSU

Channel Service Unit

CSU

Customer Service Unit

CT

Computed Tomography

CTAC

Customer Technical Assistance Center

CTDB

Corporate Tariff Data Base

CTIU

Coaxial-to-Terminal Interface Unit

CTP

Consolidation Test Plan

CTRAP

Customer Trouble Report Analysis Plan

CTS

Carrier Transit Switch

CTS

Clear to Send

CTS

Control Time Slot

CTSS

Compatible Time-Sharing System

CTTU

Centralized Trunk Test(ing) Unit

CTX

Centrex

CU

Control Unit

CU

Controller Unit

CU

Customer Unit

CUG

Closed User Group

CUIF

Control Unit Interface

CUM

Cumulative

CUMREC

College and University Machine Record Conference

CUT

Code/Unit Test