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2D Comb Filter:

AC3:

Access Fee:

FAMILY

Active Satellite:

Address:

Ala-carte Service:

Alternate Audio:

Altitude and Azimuth:

Amplifier:

Angular velocity:

Antenna:

Antenna Gain:

Apogee:

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL):

AT&T high-speed Internet powered by WildBlue:

Backfeed:

Bandwidth:

Basic Packages:

Beam:

Bent-pipe:

binary:

Bird:

Bit:

Bit Rate:

Broadband Satellite:

Broadcast:

Broadcast Flag:

Broadcast Programming:

Bus Structure:

Byte:

C-band:

Cable Television Transmission:

Caching:

Capacity:

Carrier Wave:

CCI:

Central Office (CO):

CGMS-A:

Channel Lock-outs:

Circuit:

Clarke Belt:

Clarke Orbit:

CMCI:

Co-Location:

Coaxial Cable:

Communications Satellite:

Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC):

Compression:

Conduit:

CONUS:

Copy Free:

Copy Never:

Copy No More:

Copy Once:

Copy Protection:

CSMA/CD:

Datagram:

DBS:

DBS Band:

Decimal:

declination:

Decoder:

Default Gateway:

Delay:

DHCP:

DHP:

Dial-up Connection:

Digital / Digitized:

Direction:

DISH Comm:

DISH-on-Demand:

DISHNets:

DISH Network DVR Service:

Distant Networks:

DMA (Designated Market Area):

DNS:

DOCSIS (Data Over Cable System Interface Specification):

Downconvert:

Downlink:

Downstream:

DSS:

DSL:

DTH (Direct-To-Home):

Download Speed:

Duplex:

Dynamic IP address:

Earth Station:

EHF (Extremely High Frequency):

Encryption / Decryption:

EPG (Electronics Program Guide):

Equatorial:

Ethernet:

Fair Access Policy:

Favorites Lists:

FAQ:

Feed(s):

Feeder-downlink:

Feeder-link:

Feeder-links:

Feeder-uplink:

Feedhorn:

Fiber Optics:

Fiber ring:

Filter Sensitivity:

Firewall:

Fixed Service:

Footprint:

fragment:

FTP:

Gateway:

Gbps:

Geo:

GEO (Geosynchronous Orbit):

GEO Arch:

GeoSTATIONARY Satellite:

Geosynchronous:

Gravitational force:

Ground Control:

Grounding:

Hardware:

HDCP:

HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface):

HDTV (High Definition Television):

High Speed Data Port:

Home Network:

Home Satellite Dish (HSD):

HomePlug:

Host:

Host ID:

HRC:

Hub:

Hybrid Fiber/Coax (HFC):

IANA:

ICANN:

ICMP:

IGMP:

Impulse Pay-Per-View:

Inclination:

Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC):

IRC:

IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder):

IRR (Integrated Receiver/Recorder):

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISND):

Inter-exchange Carrier (IXC):

Interconnection:

International Services:

Internet:

Internet Protocol (IP):

Internet Service Provider (ISP):

Inter-satellite Link:

Intranet:

ionosphere:

IP address:

IPSec VPN:

IPTV:

IRC:

ISO:

Isotropically:

Kbps:

LAN:

Last Mile:

Late Fee:

Lease:

LNBF (Low Noise Block Converter with Integrated Feed):

Local Link:

Local Loop:

Local Multipoint Distribution Services (LMDS):

Local to Local:

Logical device:

Low Earth Orbit (LEO):

MAC:

MAC address:

MBA (Multiple-beam Antenna):

Mbps:

Medium Earth Orbit (MEO):

Menu:

Meridian:

MF-TDMA (Multi-Frequency TDMA):

Mission:

Movies On Demand:

MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group):

MPEG 2:

MPEG-4:

MTS (Multichannel Television Sound) :

MTU:

Multicasting:

Multi-Channel Services:

Multi-Switch:

Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS):

Multimedia:

Multiple System Operator (MSO):

Multiplexing:

na•dir:

Narrowband:

NAT:

Netware:

Network Class:

Network ID:

New Customer:

NIC:

No Basic Service Fee:

FAMILY

NOC:

octet:

Offset:

Omni-directional:

OMT:

On Demand:

OpenTV:

Orbit:

OSI:

packet:

Packet-switched Network:

Past-due:

PAT:

Pay TV:

Pay-Per-Channel:

PPV (Pay-Per-View):

PCM:

Peaking (Antenna):

Perigee:

Peripheral:

Physical device:

ping:

Point of Presence (POP):

Point-to-Point Connection:

Postini:

Premium Services:

Programming:

Programming Access Fee:

Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN):

RAS:

Receiver:

Reconnect:

Refund:

Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC):

Relay Station:

Remote Control:

Restart:

Restart Fee:

Return Check Fee:

RCA Cables:

RG-59:

RG-6:

Router:

RPC:

RSN:

S-Video:

Satellite:

Satellite Master Antenna Television (SMATV):

SCADA:

Scrambling:

Seasonal Downgrade:

Service Changes:

SF-TDMA (Single-Frequency TDMA):

SHF (superhigh frequency):

Skew:

Slot:

Smart Card:

SMCI (Satellite modem-to-customer Interface):

SMTP:

SMTS-NSI (Satellite Modem Termination System - Network-Side Interface):

SNMP:

Socket:

Statement:

SOHO:

Spectrum:

Spoofing:

SSL VPN:

Static IP address:

Streaming:

Subnet Mask:

Sub-network:

Sun Outage:

Superstation:

SVT:

Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL):

synchronous:

TCP:

TCP/IP:

TCP/IP Protocol Stack:

TDMA (time division multiple access):

Telemetry, Tracking and Control (TT&C):

telnet:

TFTP:

TightVNC:

Traceroute:

Traffic:

Transaction Fee:

Transceiver:

Transparent Browse Banner:

Transponder:

TVRO (TV Receive-Only):

Twisted Pair:

TWTA:

UDP:

Ultra High Frequency (UHF):

UHF:

unidirectional:

UNIX:

Upgrade:

adding services

Uplink:

Upstream:

Upstream Transmit Power:

Usenet Groups:

User-downlink:

User-link:

User-links:

User-uplink:

V-band:

V-Chip:

Very High Frequency (VHF):

VHF:

video-on-demand:

Video-On-Demand:

Virtual Private Network (VPN):

VSAT:

WAN:

Wavelength:

What is SCADA:

WildBlue modem:

WildBlue Optimizer:

WildBlue Security Center:

WildBlue Webmail:

Wireless Communication: