Acronym

Description

S

Source (lamp)

S&E

Service and Equipment

S/D

Signal-to-Distortion

S/N

Signal-to-noise ratio

SAA

Systems Application Architecture

SABM

Set Asynchronous Balanced Mode

SABO

Stand-Alone Billing Option

SAC

Serving Area Concept

SAC

Sight Administration Computer

SAC

Site Access Computer

SAC

Site Administrative Computer

SAC System

Status Alarm and Control System

SAIN

Sears Advanced Intelligent Network

SAM

Screen Access Manager (Northern Telecom Inc. Meridian DV-1 system)

SAM

Secure Access Multipoint

SAM

Sequential Access Method

SAM

Switch Access Module

SAM

Synchronous/Asynchronous Multiplexer

SAMEM

Stand-Alone Billing Memory

SAP

Symbolic Assembly Program

SAPI

Service Access Point Identifier

SAR

Segmentation and Reassembly Sublayer

SAR

Service Activation Request

SARM

Set Asynchronous Response Mode

SARTS

Switched Access Remote Test System

SAS

Statistical Analysis System

SAS

Switched Access System (Northern Telecom Inc. DMS-100)

SAS

System Administration Service

SAT

System Access Terminal

SATT

Strowger Automatic Toll Ticketing

SBA

Small Business Administration

SBAC

Source Billing for Attendant Calls

S-band

1.55 GHz to 3.90 GHz (U.S.)

SBFPCEA

Small Business Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act

SBT

Six-Bit Transcode (same as Binary Coded Decimal (BCD))

SC

Secondary Channel

SC

Sectional Center

SC1

Speed Calling - Short list

SC2

Speed Calling - Long list

SCA

Selective Call Acceptance

SCA

Short Code Address

SCA

Special Customer Arrangement

SCA

Special Customer Arrangement

SCAN

Switched Circuit Automatic Network

SCANS

Software Change Administration and Notification System

SCC

Specialized Common Carrier

SCC

State Corporation Commission

SCC

Switching Control Center

SCCOF

Selective Customer Control of Facilities

SCCP

Signaling Connection Control Part (SS7)

SCCS

Switching Control Center System

SCCS

Switching Control Center System

SCD

Source Control Drawing

SCE

Service Creation Environment

SCF

Selective Call Forwarding

SCF

Service Control Facility

SCI

Simulation Councils, Inc.

SCM

Subscriber Carrier Module

SCM-100R

Subscriber Carrier Module Rural

SCM-100S

Subscriber Carrier Module SLC-96

SCM-100U

Subscriber Carrier Module Urban

SCP

Service Control Point

SCPC

Signal Channel Per Carrier

SCPMS

Service Control Point Management System

SCPTA

Service Control Point Transfer Application

SCR

Screening

SCR

Selective Call Rejection

SCR

Silicon Controlled Rectifier

SCS

Society for Computer Simulation

SCS

System Control Subsystem

SCSD

Scan and Signal Distribute

SCSI

Small Computer System Interface

SCSR

Single Channel Signaling Rate

SD

Signal Distribution

SD

Signal Distributor (equipment or circuit)

SD&D

Specific Development and Design

SDA

Selective Distinctive Alert

SDA

Switch Database Administration

SDDF

Supplementary Digital Distributing Frame

SDE

Software Development Environment

SDFI

Subscriber Digital Facility (ies) Interface

SDI

Selective Dissemination of Information

SDIS

Switched Digital Integrated Service

SDLC

Synchronous Data Link Control (or Controller)

SDM

Space Division Multiplexing

SDN

Software Defined Network

SDN

Software Defined Network

SDN

Subscriber Directory Number

SDN

Switched Digital Network

SDP

Service Delivery Point

SDPO

Sleeve Dial Pulse Originating

SDR

System Development Requirements

SDS

Scientific Data Systems

SDS

Switched Data Service

SDTA

Subscriber Data Transport Application

SDTA

Subscriber Database Transport Application

SDU

Synchronous Data Unit

SE CLR

Special Equipment Circuit Layout Record

SEAC

Standards Eastern Automatic Computer

SEC

Securities and Exchange Commission

SEC

Service and Equipment Code

SEMS

Switching Equipment Monitoring Subsystem

SER

Sales Expedite Request

SES

Service Evaluation System

SES

Severely Errored Seconds

SEVAS

Secure Voice Access System

SF

Single Frequency

SF signaling

Single-Frequency signaling

SFDEV

Store File Device

SFG

Simulated Facility Group

SFM

Switch Feature Manager

SFTF

System Functional Task Force

SG

Service Group

SH

Start Hunt

SHF

Super High Frequency

SHU

Stop Hunt

SI

System Integrity

SIAM

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

SIC

Service Initiation Charge

SIC

Standard Industrial Classification

SICDR

Speaker Independent Continuous Digit Recognition (Voicecard)

SID

Society for Information Display

SIDD

Standard Interval Due Date

SIG

Special Interest Group

SIGARCH

Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture (of ACM)

SIGBDP

Special Interest Group on Business Data Processing (of ACM)

SIGBIO

Special Interest Group on Biomedical Computing (of ACM)

SIGCOSIM

Special Interest Group on Computer Systems Installation Management (of ACM)

SIGCSE

Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (of ACM)

SIGI

Signaling Irregularities

SIGMICRO

Special Interest Group on Microprogramming (of ACM)

SIGOPS

Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (of ACM)

SIGPLAN

Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (of ACM)

SIGUCC

Special Interest Group on University Computer Centers (of ACM)

SILC

Selective Incoming Load Control

SIM

Service Implementation Management

SIMD

Single-Instruction Stream, Multiple-Data Stream

SIO

Serial Input/Output

SIS

Sales Implementation Specialist

SISD

Single-Instruction Stream, Single-Data Stream

SIT

Special Information Tones

SITA

Societe Internationale Telecommunications Aeronautiques

SIU

Shelf Interface Unit

SJF

Shortest Job First

SKIP

Skip Control

SLA

Service Level Agreement

SLAM

Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling

SLATTS

Selected Line and Trunk Translations System

SLC

Speech Link Connector

SLC

Speech Link Connector (frame)

SLC

Subscriber Line Carrier

SLC

Subscriber Line Charge

SLE

Screen List Editing

SLIM

Subscriber Loop Interface Module

SLIP

Serial Line Internet Protocol

SLL

Switched Logical Link

SLR

Simple LR (Left-to-Right, Rightmost)

SLS

Single-Line Sets

SLS

Switch Load Software

SLU

Subscriber Line Usage

SM

Switching Module

SMART

Service Management Analysis and Reporting Tool

SMAS

Switch Metallic Access System

SMASE

Systems Management Application Service Element

SMB

Server Message Block

SMC

Switch Management Center

SMC

System Management Center

SMCIS

System Management Center Information System

SMDR

Station Message Detail Recording

SMDS

Switched Multimegabit Data Service

SME

Subject Matter Expert

SME

Subject Matter Expert (IS)

SMF

Systems Management Function

SMFA

System Management Functional Area

SMG

Super Master Group

SMIS

Society for Management Information Systems

SMN

System Message Number

SMO

System Management Operations

SMP

Switching Module Processor

SMP

System Management Plan

SMPTU

Switching Module Processor and Time Slot Interchange Unit

SMPU

Switching Module Processor Unit

SMPU2

Switching Module Processor Unit - Model 2

SMRT

Signal Message Rate Timing

SMS

Switch Maintenance Subsystem

SMS 800

Service Management System/800

SMSA

Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area

SMTP

Simple Mail Transport Protocol

SMTP

Simplified Message Transfer Protocol

SN

Service Node

SNA

System Network Architecture

SNA

System Network Architecture

SNADS

SNA Distribution Services

SNAP

Standard Network Access Protocol

SNC

Service Node Controller

SNI

Subscriber Network Interface

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SNOCC

Satellite Network Operations Control Center (NOCC)

SNPA

Serving Number Plan Area

SNR

Signal to Noise Ratio

SNS

Switched Network Server

SNS

Switched Network Server

SO

Service Order

SO

Serving Office

SOACS

Service Order Administration Control System

SOAP

Symbolic Optimizer and Assembly Program

SOC

Service Oversight Center

SOE

Service Order Entry

SOE

Standard Operating Environment

SOEM

Service Order Entry Management

SOH

Start of Header (Bisync control character)

SOLVER

System for On-line Verification of Errors

SONET

Synchronous Optical Network

SONET

Synchronous Optical Network (NOCC)

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

SOR

Successive Overrelaxation

SORD

Service Ordering Retrieval and Distribution

SOS

Service Order Subsystem

SOS

Share Operating System

SOS

System Operation Status

SOST

Special Operator Service Traffic

SOST

Special Operator Service Traffic

SOT

Small Office Terminal

SOTS

Service Order Tracking System

SOW

Statement of Work

SP

Signal (or Signaling) Processor

SP

Signal Point

SP

Spare

SP

Structured Programming

SPA

Systems and Procedures Association

SPARC

Scaleable Processor Architecture

SPARC

Standard Planning and Requirements Committee

SPB

Special Billing Number

SPC

Single Point Connection

SPC

Southern Pacific Communications

SPC

Statistical Process Control

SPC

Stored Program Control(led)

SPCD

Statistical Process Control Data (MFG)

SPCS

Stored Program Control System

SPD

Summary Plan Description

SPDF

Supplemental Personal Data Form (HR)

SPE

Switch Processing Element

SPEF

Special Pricing Evaluation Form

SPL

Simple Programming Language

SPLTS

Special Private Line Telephone System

SPM

Switching and Processing Module

SPOC

Single Point of Contact

SPOOL

Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On Line

SPP

Semipostpay

SPP

Standard Practice Procedures

SPR

Software Problem Report

SPRB

Special Pricing Review Board

SPSLT

Spare Select

SPSS

Switched Packet Switched Services

SQC

System Quality Conformance

SQD

Signal Quality Detector

SQL

Structured Query Language

SQL

Structured Query Language

SQUID

Superconducting Quantum Interference Device

SR

Service Representative

SR

Service Request (IS,PM)

S-R

Set-Reset (Flip-Flop)

SRAS

Special Routing Access Service

SRC

Spiral Redundancy Checking

SRL

Singing Return Loss

SRS

Service Request System

SRS

System Requirements Specifications

SRT

Station Ringer Test

SRTF

Shortest Remaining Time First

SRTU

Serial Remote Terminal Unit

SRU

Shared Resource Unit

SRU

Shared Resource Unit

SS

Silver Spring central office

SS

Special Services

SS7

Signaling System No. 7

SS7MS

Signaling System #7 Management System

SSA

Social Security Administration

SSB

Single Sideband Modulation

SSB-SC/AM

Single Sideband, Suppressed Carrier Amplitude Modulation

SSC

Special Services Center

SSC

System Control Center

SSCC

Special Services Control Center

SSCITS

Switched Services Customer Initiated Testing System

SSDP

Secondary Service Delivery Point

SSDS

System Status Display Screen

SSE

System Supervisor Equipment

SSE

Systems Support Engineering

SSEC

Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator

SSG

Special Service Group

SSI

Small-Scale Integration

SSI

Standard Serial Interface (AT&T)

SSLPDF

Single-Sided Low-Profile Distributing Frame

SSP

Scientific Subroutine Package (computers)

SSP

Service Switching Point (SS7 application)

SSP

Special Service Protection (telecommunications)

SSPPP

Special Services Provisioning Performance Plan

SSR

System and Signaling Requirements

SSSE

Switch Support Systems Engineering

SST

Short Supervisory Transition

SSU

Shared Storage Unit

SSU

System Supervisory Unit

SSUPS

Solid State Uninterruptible Power System

ST

Signaling Terminal

STA

Switch Translation Administration

STAC

Switch Technical Assistance Center (NOCC)

STAMP

Structural Time Series Analyzer, Modeler and Planner

STAP

System Test and Acceptance Plan

STAR

Self Testing and Repair (computer)

STAS

Switch Technical Assistance Support (NOCC)

STATDM

Statistical Time Division Multiplexing

STAT-MUX

Statistical Multiplexer

STC

Serving Test Center

STD

Short Term Disability (HR)

STD

Standard

STD

Subscriber Trunk Dialing (same as Direct Distance Dialing)

STDM

Synchronous Time Division Multiplexing

STDS

System Status Display Screen

STE

Signaling Terminal Equipment

STE

Standard Telephone Equipment

STLWS

Supplementary Trunk and Line Work Station

STP

Shielded Twisted Pair

STP

Signal Transfer Point

STR

Selective Trunk Reservation

STR

Synchronous Transmit Receive

STRESS

Structural Engineering Systems Solver

STRUDL

Structural Design Language

STS

Sears Technology Services

STS

Service Translation Scheme

STS

Serving Translation Scheme

STS

Shared Tenant Services

STS

Source Traffic Separation (DMS-100)

STS

Structural Time Series

STU

Secure Telephone Unit

STX

Start of Text (Bisync control character)

SUS

Suspended Service

SVC

Switched Virtual Circuit

SVS

Switched Voice Service

SWAC

Standards Western Automatic Computer

SWAP

Software Application Procedure

SWBD

Switchboard

SWC

Serving Wire Center

SWIFT

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications

SWR

Standard Wave Ratio

SX

Simplex signaling

SXS

Step-by-Step (switch)

SYNC (or SYN)

bit or character used to synchronize a timeframe in a time division multiplex (TDM)

SYSGEN

System Generation

SYSMAN

Systems Manager