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• ACMA: Atlantic Cable Maintenance Agreement

• ASN: Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks

• BER: Bit Error Rate

• BMH: Beach Manhole

• BOL: Beginning of Life

• BU: Branching Unit

• CLS: Cable Landing Station

• COTDR: Coherent Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

• DA: Double Armor (Cable)

• DCN: Data Communication Network

• DGPS: Differential Global Positioning System

• DLS: Digital Lin Segment

• EOL: End of Life

• FFD BU: Full Fiber Drop Branching Unit

• FP: Fiber Pair

• GPS: Global Positioning System

• HVAC: Heating Ventilation / Air Conditioning

• ICPC: International Cable Protection Committee

• LCE: Linear Cable Engine

• LW: Light Weight (Cable)

• LWA: Light Weight Armor (Cable)

• LWP: Light Weight Protected (Cable)

• NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• NSCMA: North Sea Cable Maintenance Agreement

• OADM BU: Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer Branching Unit

• ODF: Optical Distribution Frame

• OTDR: Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

• PFE: Power Feed Equipment

• PIOCMA: Pacific and Indian Ocean Cable Maintenance Mutual Assistance Committee

• PSBU: Power Switched Branching Unit

• PTC: Pacific Telecommunications Council

• R-OADM BU: Reconfigurable Optical Add Drop Multiplexing Branching Unit

• RA: Rock Armor (Cable)

• ROV: Remote Operated Vehicle

• RPL: Route Position List

• RTD: Round Trip (Latency)

• SA: Single Armor (Cable)

• SCARAB: Submersible Craft Assisting Repair and Burial

• SEAIOCMA: South East Asia and Indian Ocean Cable Maintenance Agreement

• SEQ: Shape Equalizers

• SLD: Straight Line Diagram

• SLTE: Submarine Line Terminal Equipment

• SNR: Signal Noise Ratio

• TEQ: Tilt Equalizers

• USCG: United States Coast Guard