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<h2>P</h2>

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<h3>P&amp;C</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012066#id012066" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PromptAndCollectUserInformation procedure</a></p>
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<h3>P-CCPCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013517#id013517" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary common control physical channel</a></p>
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<h3>P-code</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019721#id019721" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See precision code</a></p>
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<h3>P-CSCF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014065#id014065" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See proxy call state control function</a></p>
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<h3>P-TMSI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08995#id08995" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet temporary mobile subscriber identity</a></p>
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<h3>P-TMSI reallocation procedure</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011639#id011639" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PTMSI reallocation</a></p>
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<h3>PA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012065#id012065" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PlayAnnouncement procedure</a></p>
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<h3>PA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016768#id016768" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See personal album</a></p>
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<h3>PA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017100#id017100" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presence attribute</a></p>
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<h3>PABX</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03630#id03630" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private automatic branch exchange</a></p>
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<h3>PABX centrex</h3>

<p>centrex group consisting of a private automatic branch exchange (PABX) and subscriber lines located in the public network exchanges (remote extensions)</p>
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<h3>PABX charging; <em>switch charging</em></h3>

<p>part of storage of charging which enables switch charging, either by using trunk circuit observation charging or subscriber-specific charging</p>
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<h3>PABX interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010875#id010875" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private automatic branch exchange interface</a></p>
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<h3>PAC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016769#id016769" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See paging area controller</a></p>
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<h3>PACCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08927#id08927" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet associated control channel</a></p>
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<h3>pack; <em>compress</em></h3>

<p>record data in a compact form in a data medium by taking advantage of known characteristics of the data and the data medium, in such a way that the original information can be recovered</p>
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<h3>package</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020532#id020532" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See H.248 package</a></p>
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<h3>package; <em>conditional package</em></h3>

<p>collection of optional attributes, notifications, operations and behaviour which are either all present or all absent in a managed object</p>
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<h3>package change mark</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011857#id011857" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See software build change mark</a></p>
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<h3>package identifier</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07194#id07194" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See software build identifier</a></p>
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<h3>package status</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07192#id07192" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See software build status</a></p>
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<h3>packaging</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03846#id03846" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See software building</a></p>
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<h3>packed</h3>

<p>qualifier of a record type which defines that the fields of a record are compressed as tightly as possible in a memory</p>
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<h3>packet</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011333#id011333" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network protocol data unit</a></p>
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<h3>packet</h3>

<p>information block identified by a label at layer 3 of the OSI reference model</p>
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<h3>packet</h3>

<p>logical grouping of information that includes a header containing control information and user data</p>
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<h3>packet access grant channel; <em>PAGCH</em></h3>

<p>downlink logical channel used for resource assignments</p>
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<h3>packet assembler/disassembler; <em>PAD</em></h3>

<p>device with which either the characters sent to the packet-switched network are assembled into data packets or the packets sent by the network are disassembled</p>
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<h3>packet associated control channel; <em>PACCH</em></h3>

<p>logical channel used for signalling information for certain mobile station</p>
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<h3>packet broadcast control channel; <em>PBCCH</em></h3>

<p>downlink logical channel for system information</p>
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<h3>packet classification</h3>

<p>process in which the arriving individual non-labelled packets are mapped onto the desired label switched path</p>
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<h3>packet common control channel; <em>PCCCH</em></h3>

<p>channel which consists of logical channels used for common control signalling</p>
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<h3>packet control function; <em>PCF</em></h3>

<p>entity in a radio access network (RAN) that controls the transmission of packets between the base transceiver station (BTS) and the packet data serving node (PDSN)</p>
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<h3>packet control unit; <em>PCU</em></h3>

<p>Chorus-based preprocessor computer connected to Base Station Controller Signalling Unit (BCSU)</p>
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<h3>packet core administrator; <em>PaCo administrator</em></h3>

<p>network administrator who has a range of privileges in the packet core network</p>
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<h3>packet core attendant; <em>PaCo attendant</em></h3>

<p>network attendant in the packet core network</p>
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<h3>packet core configurator; <em>PCC</em></h3>

<p>network management tool for packet-switched network access provisioning and network development and optimisation (NDO)</p>
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<h3>packet core network; <em>packet-switched core network</em>; <em>packet-switched core</em></h3>

<p>mobile IP network that acts as an access network to the Internet for packet data in third generation mobile networks</p>
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<h3>packet data channel; <em>PDCH</em></h3>

<p>physical channel dedicated to the GPRS traffic</p>
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<h3>packet data convergence protocol; <em>PDCP</em></h3>

<p>protocol for the compression of redundant network protocol data unit (N-PDU) control information, and the transfer of packet data protocol (PDP) user data using services provided by radio link control (RLC)</p>
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<h3>packet data network; <em>PDN</em></h3>

<p>data communication network that uses packet switching for the transmission of data</p>
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<h3>packet data protocol; <em>PDP</em></h3>

<p>protocol which transmits data as discrete units known as packets</p>
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<h3>packet data protocol context</h3>

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<h3>packet data serving node; <em>PDSN</em></h3>

<p>network element that provides wireless data access to packet data networks for mobile terminals</p>
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<h3>packet data stream</h3>

<p>all data transmitted through a communications line in a single read or write operation in the form of packets arriving at irregular intervals</p>
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<h3>packet data traffic channel; <em>PDTCH</em></h3>

<p>unidirectional logical channel reserved for data transfer</p>
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<h3>packet data unit</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08994#id08994" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol data unit</a></p>
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<h3>packet delay variation; <em>PDV</em></h3>

<p>variation in the packet transfer delay described by the variability in the pattern of packet arrival events</p>
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<h3>packet dropping</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015246#id015246" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See policing</a></p>
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<h3>packet flow</h3>

<p>unidirectional communication that is made up of packets and that takes place between two systems</p>
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<h3>packet flow context; <em>PFC</em></h3>

<p>procedure which enables the transfer of quality of service (QoS) parameters between the core network (CN) and the base station subsystem (BSS)</p>
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<h3>packet flow identifier; <em>PFI</em></h3>

<p>identifier that the serving GPRS support node (SGSN) assigns to each packet flow context</p>
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<h3>packet hijack</h3>

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<h3>packet Internet groper; <em>PING</em></h3>

<p>TCP/IP application in which a packet is transmitted and its echoed response indicates the status of a host or network device</p>
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<h3>packet level protocol; <em>X.25 level 3 protocol</em>; <em>X.25 protocol</em>; <em>PLP</em></h3>

<p>network layer protocol in the X.25 protocol stack meant for data communication</p>
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<h3>packet loss ratio; <em>PLR</em></h3>

<p>ratio of total lost packets to total transmitted packets</p>
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<h3>packet marking; <em>marking</em></h3>

<p>all mechanisms by which a host or a router may mark a packet to invoke some differentiated packet-handling behaviour by other nodes along the transit path of the packet</p>
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<h3>packet media termination</h3>

<p>media gateway (MGW) function which terminates the real-time transport protocol (RTP), user datagram protocol (UDP), Internet protocol (IP) and real-time control protocol (RTCP) streams on the IP side</p>
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<h3>packet mode</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04386#id04386" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet transfer mode</a></p>
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<h3>packet mode bearer service-D; <em>PMBS-D</em></h3>

<p>basic ISDN packet mode bearer service (PMBS) provided by the D-channel</p>
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<h3>packet network</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04714#id04714" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet-switched network</a></p>
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<h3>packet network access</h3>

<p>mobile user's access to services in external packet data networks via the mobile packet core</p>
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<h3>packet network access customer; <em>access customer</em></h3>

<p>internal or external customer who buys packet network access services from the packet network access operator</p>
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<h3>packet network access operator; <em>access operator</em></h3>

<p>organisation that sells packet network access services to its customers</p>
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<h3>packet network interface</h3>

<p>network interface to which the packet switched network terminates</p>
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<h3>packet notification channel; <em>PNCH</em></h3>

<p>downlink logical channel used for the PTM-M (point-to-multipoint multicast service) notifications before PTM-M packet transfer</p>
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<h3>packet over SDH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013781#id013781" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet over SONET</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet over SONET; <em>packet over SDH</em>; <em>IP over SDH</em>; <em>POS</em></h3>

<p>high-speed method for transmitting data over a synchronous optical network (SONET) or synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) transmission system through a direct fibre connection to a data switch or router</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet over SONET interface; <em>packet over SONET/SDH interface</em>; <em>POS interface</em></h3>

<p>interface in multimedia gateway (MGW) via which the user plane traffic is transmitted to IP backbone and signalling, and H.248 protocols are transmitted between the MGW and MSC server</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12340" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet over SONET/SDH interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014863#id014863" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet over SONET interface</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet paging</h3>

<p>procedure which a GPRS network element performs when a data packet or a signalling message has to be sent to a mobile that is in standby state</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet paging channel; <em>PPCH</em></h3>

<p>downlink logical paging channel used before a downlink packet is transferred</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12343" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet PSI status</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019375#id019375" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet PSI status message</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet PSI status message; <em>packet PSI status</em></h3>

<p>message sent on the packet associated control channel (PACCH) from the mobile station to the network to indicate which packet system information (PSI) messages the mobile station has received</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet random access channel; <em>physical random access channel</em>; <em>PRACH</em></h3>

<p>uplink logical channel which the mobile stations use for uplink traffic channel reservation</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet re-marking</h3>

<p>packet marking in which the differentiated services code point (DSCP) is changed</p>
</div>


<a name="id08934" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet routing and transfer; <em>PRT</em></h3>

<p>GPRS function that deals with the actual manipulation of user data in the network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet scheduler</h3>

<p>scheduler taking care of radio resources for non-real-time radio access bearers in both uplink and downlink directions</p>
</div>


<a name="id016403" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet scheduling</h3>

<p>mechanism ensuring that high priority packets can overtake low priority packets in the queues</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet snooping; <em>network packet decoding</em></h3>

<p>form of security attack in which an attacker monitors the network traffic in order to get information on passwords, user names and network configuration.</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet switch; <em>PSW</em></h3>

<p>switching node in packet switched network</p>
</div>


<a name="id011308" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet switched; <em>PS</em></h3>

<p>switched by means of packet switching</p>
</div>


<a name="id02443" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet switching; <em>packet-mode operation</em></h3>

<p>switching in which data is transmitted by means of addressed packets, and whereby a transmission channel is occupied only for the duration of transmission of the packet</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet system information; <em>PSI</em></h3>

<p>message which is broadcast on the packet broadcast control channel (PBCCH) and which informs mobile terminals of the GPRS parameters within the cell</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet temporary mobile subscriber identity; <em>packet TMSI</em>; <em>P-TMSI</em>; <em>PTMSI</em></h3>

<p>random number allocated by the serving GPRS support node (SGSN) that offers extra security when identifying the subscriber</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12356" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet temporary mobile subscriber identity signature</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011640#id011640" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PTMSI signature</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12357" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet TMSI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08995#id08995" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet temporary mobile subscriber identity</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet transfer delay; <em>PTD</em></h3>

<p>period of time that starts when a packet creates a packet layer reference event (PE) at a particular boundary, and ends when the same packet creates a later PE at another boundary</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet transfer mode; <em>packet mode</em></h3>

<p>transfer mode in which the transmission and switching functions are achieved by packet oriented techniques, so as to dynamically share network transmission and switching resources between a multiplicity of connections</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12360" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet-mode operation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02443#id02443" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet switching</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet-switched call; <em>PS call</em></h3>

<p>call which is routed to the mobile terminal through the packet-switched core network (PS CN) domain</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet-switched connectivity service; <em>PS connectivity service</em></h3>

<p>IP connectivity service which is provided to IP clients via GPRS</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12363" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet-switched core</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010006#id010006" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet core network</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12364" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet-switched core network</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010006#id010006" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet core network</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet-switched core network domain; <em>PS CN domain</em>; <em>PS domain</em></h3>

<p>set of core network elements which are needed to provide packet-switched connectivity services</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packet-switched data network; <em>PSDN</em></h3>

<p>packet-switched network in which the transmission of data has been implemented through packet switching</p>
</div>


<a name="id04621" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet-switched data transmission</h3>

<p>datacommunication technique where message is broken down to fixed length addressed packets which are then transmitted to their destination independently</p>
</div>


<a name="id04714" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet-switched network; <em>packet network</em>; <em>PSN</em></h3>

<p>telecommunication network used for packet-switched data transmission</p>
</div>


<a name="id04852" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet-switched public data network; <em>PSPDN</em></h3>

<p>general packet-switched data transmission network</p>
</div>


<a name="id014068" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet-switched service; <em>PS service</em></h3>

<p>service that is implemented by means of packet switching</p>
</div>


<a name="id014061" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packet/circuit media processing function</h3>

<p>media gateway (MGW) function which converts between the bearer channels on the switched circuit network (SCN) side and the real-time transport protocol (RTP), user datagram protocol (UDP), and internet protocol (IP) data packets on the packet network side</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>packing</h3>

<p>replacing digital character strings with short codes without losing data to diminish the need of space or to combine files</p>
</div>


<a name="id02625" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>packing density</h3>

<p>number of bits that may be stored per unit length of a data medium</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12374" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PaCo administrator</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018363#id018363" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet core administrator</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12375" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PaCo attendant</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018364#id018364" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet core attendant</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12376" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PAD</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04900#id04900" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet assembler/disassembler</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12377" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>padding</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02574#id02574" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See filler</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12378" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PAGCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08926#id08926" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet access grant channel</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>page</h3>

<p>area of the virtual memory or it's data, which can be transferred into main memory</p>
</div>


<a name="id014239" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>page indicator channel; <em>PICH</em></h3>

<p>channel carrying paging indicators that indicate to a mobile station that there may be a paging message intended for it in the PCH transport channel</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12381" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>page indicator channel monitoring occasion</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012863#id012863" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PICH monitoring occasion</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id06051" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pager; <em>paging device</em>; <em>paging receiver</em></h3>

<p>mobile station belonging to a paging system which gives the receiver a paging message</p>
</div>


<a name="id06053" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging</h3>

<p>teleservice used to give a person a call or other short message</p>
</div>


<a name="id016769" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging area controller; <em>PAC</em></h3>

<p>functional entity which controls the base transceiver stations (BTS) within one paging area</p>
</div>


<a name="id012858" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging block periodicity; <em>PBP</em></h3>

<p>occurrence period of paging blocks</p>
</div>


<a name="id06048" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging call</h3>

<p>series of functions which the paging system carries out to transmit a paging message to the desired person</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12387" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging channel</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03634#id03634" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See calling channel</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id011245" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging co-ordination</h3>

<p>method which allows the network to send paging messages for circuit-switched services and for packet-switched services on the same channel, that is, on the GPRS paging channel or on the GPRS traffic channel, and thus the mobile station needs only to monitor that channel</p>
</div>


<a name="id015376" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging control channel; <em>PCCH</em></h3>

<p>logical channel used by radio network controllers to transmit paging requests to mobile stations (MS) when the dedicated control channel (DCCH) is not available</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12390" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging device</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06051#id06051" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pager</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id012857" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging DRX cycle</h3>

<p>time interval between monitoring paging occasions for a specific mobile station</p>
</div>


<a name="id018194" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging gateway; <em>PGW</em></h3>

<p>gateway which functions as an interface between the short message services in a GSM network and paging services offered by a paging control centre (PCC)</p>
</div>


<a name="id011246" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging group</h3>

<p>set of mobile stations monitoring a particular paging block</p>
</div>


<a name="id06052" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging message</h3>

<p>message transferred to the user in paging</p>
</div>


<a name="id012875" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging message receiving occasion</h3>

<p>frame where the mobile station receives an actual paging message</p>
</div>


<a name="id011084" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging method</h3>

<p>method which the mobile services switching centre (MSC) uses to identify the scope of a paging request sent from the MSC to the base station controller (BSC)</p>
</div>


<a name="id011447" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging occasion</h3>

<p>time instance where it is possible to receive initial paging information</p>
</div>


<a name="id010007" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging proceed flag; <em>PPF</em></h3>

<p>flag in the serving GPRS support node (SGSN) that indicates whether paging for GPRS and non-GPRS services can be initiated</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12399" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging receiver</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06051#id06051" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pager</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id06054" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging system; <em>radio-paging system</em></h3>

<p>telecommunications system formed by the mobile communication network and the mobile stations</p>
</div>


<a name="id06049" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paging transmitter</h3>

<p>radio transmitter of the paging system which sends the paging signal to the pager</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12402" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PAI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014443#id014443" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See platform adaptation interface</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id07881" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pair address</h3>

<p>physical computer address acknowledged by the computers of a computer pair</p>
</div>


<a name="id0587" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paired-disparity code</h3>

<p>code in which some or all of the digits in the original signal are represented by two assemblies of digits, of opposite disparity, which are used in a sequence to minimise the digital sum of a longer sequence of digits</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>palette; <em>cover palette</em></h3>

<p>range of colours and designs currently available in the Nokia Product Portfolio</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12406" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PAM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012302#id012302" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pass-along message</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12407" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PAM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020327#id020327" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pluggable authentication module</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12408" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PAMR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012024#id012024" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public access mobile radio</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pane</h3>

<p>separately partitioned part of a window</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12410" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pane</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07695#id07695" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See group box</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12411" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>panel</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019820#id019820" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pane</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12412" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>panning</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010669#id010669" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See horizontal scrolling</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12413" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015772#id015772" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PPP authentication protocol</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12414" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016770#id016770" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See push access protocol</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12415" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09469#id09469" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See password authentication protocol</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12416" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021156#id021156" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See policy access point</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12417" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parabolic aerial</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06197#id06197" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See parabolic antenna</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12418" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parabolic antenna</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016325#id016325" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See satellite dish</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>parabolic antenna; <em>parabolic aerial</em></h3>

<p>antenna comprising a reflector whose shape is that of a paraboloid of revolution</p>
</div>


<a name="id05485" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parallel interface</h3>

<p>interface consisting of two or more connection elements in parallel, with each connection element dedicated to the passage of signals from a specific equipment</p>
</div>


<a name="id017177" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parallel MSS</h3>

<p>MSC server (MSS) which belongs to the same pool area as at least another MSS</p>
</div>


<a name="id010525" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parallel password</h3>

<p>password that can be used in addition to the actual password</p>
</div>


<a name="id02553" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parallel transmission</h3>

<p>simultaneous transmission of code elements constituting one or more character signals</p>
</div>


<a name="id03496" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter; <em>system paramter</em></h3>

<p>variable whose value affects the operation of a system</p>
</div>


<a name="id07304" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter argument</h3>

<p>information with which the required object or value is found out</p>
</div>


<a name="id03493" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter block; <em>block of parameters</em></h3>

<p>set of parameters containing information necessary for the system to perform the function specified in the command</p>
</div>


<a name="id010091" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter class</h3>

<p>entity which contains the logically related parameters</p>
</div>


<a name="id019997" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter converter</h3>

<p>application which is used for converting the configuration information from the lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) server into XML files</p>
</div>


<a name="id015826" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter entity</h3>

<p>entity that consists of document type definition (DTD) specifications</p>
</div>


<a name="id06031" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter file</h3>

<p>file which contains parameters affecting the operation of a system</p>
</div>


<a name="id05630" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter guide; <em>guide</em>; <em>guidance</em></h3>

<p>guidance text output to a user on how the parameters of a command are given</p>
</div>


<a name="id014645" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter management; <em>PMGMT</em></h3>

<p>feature to facilitate the management of all configurable data</p>
</div>


<a name="id07303" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter name</h3>

<p>name which uniquely identifies a parameter</p>
</div>


<a name="id05059" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter set</h3>

<p>values of all radio network parameters of a managed object instance</p>
</div>


<a name="id019979" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter tool</h3>

<p>parameter management (PMGMT) subsystem which provides a graphical user interface for accessing the configuration data stored in the LDAP directory</p>
</div>


<a name="id07305" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parameter value</h3>

<p>value which is given to a parameter and which tells the object or value related to the parameter</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>parasitic attack</h3>

<p>attack in which the attacker chooses intermediaries deliberately to be used as a launching pad to enforce the attack on the target</p>
</div>


<a name="id04183" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parent</h3>

<p>predefined variable of type Pid which refers to the process instance which created the process instance using the variable</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12439" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parent</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05386#id05386" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See superior managed object</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id016771" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parent component</h3>

<p>component in the Nokia Messaging Gateway hierarchy which has subcomponents under it</p>
</div>


<a name="id017760" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parent folder</h3>

<p>folder that contains subfolders</p>
</div>


<a name="id018566" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parent unit</h3>

<p>among nested functional units, a functional unit which has child units in the hierarchy</p>
</div>


<a name="id02548" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parity</h3>

<p>characteristic that indicates that two integers are both odd or both even</p>
</div>


<a name="id02734" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parity bit</h3>

<p>bit appended to an array of bits to make the sum of all the bits odd or even, as nominated</p>
</div>


<a name="id02532" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parity check</h3>

<p>summation check using modulus two</p>
</div>


<a name="id02732" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parity error</h3>

<p>error detected as a result of a parity check</p>
</div>


<a name="id010787" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parked party; <em>parked user</em></h3>

<p>party, the original calling party or the original called party, who is waiting in park</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12448" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parked user</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010787#id010787" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See parked party</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id010786" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parked-to extension</h3>

<p>centrex extension against which a call is parked</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12450" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parking</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0315#id0315" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See queue service</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id010788" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parking party; <em>parking user</em></h3>

<p>party, the original calling party or another party, who parks the call</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12452" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parking user</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010788#id010788" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See parking party</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>Parlay API</h3>

<p>application programming interface (API) that provides access to call control, messaging, and user interaction functions, with the essential supporting functions, such as authentication, discovery, and event notification</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>parseable character data; <em>PCDATA</em></h3>

<p>character data in the element declaration, defining the element's content</p>
</div>


<a name="id015820" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parsed entity</h3>

<p>general entity which contains XML and is therefore parsed when inserted into an XML document</p>
</div>


<a name="id015233" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>parser</h3>

<p>routine that analyses a program statement and establishes its syntactic tree structure, according to the specified syntax of the programming language</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12457" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partial analysis</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08805#id08805" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See partial analysis of origin attribute</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id08805" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partial analysis of origin attribute; <em>partial analysis</em>; <em>subanalysis</em></h3>

<p>evaluation of one attribute of a single origin attribute analysis</p>
</div>


<a name="id019905" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partial content delivery; <em>partial delivery</em></h3>

<p>content delivery that is used for terminals that cannot accept a large amount of content at one time, or for content types that have to be delivered in several steps</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12460" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partial delivery</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019905#id019905" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See partial content delivery</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id03240" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partial diagnosis</h3>

<p>set of diagnostic programs executed for the testing of a functional hardware entity</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12462" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partial load disconnector</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015645#id015645" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See partial load disconnector unit</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id015645" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partial load disconnector unit; <em>partial load disconnector</em>; <em>PLDU</em>; <em>PLD</em></h3>

<p>unit that provides a hard disconnect of a selected base transceiver station (BTS) cabinet</p>
</div>


<a name="id09750" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partial packet discard; <em>PPD</em></h3>

<p>mechanism by which an ATM switch discards all subsequent cells in a packet if one cell in that packet is discarded</p>
</div>


<a name="id010467" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partial rerouting; <em>PRR</em></h3>

<p>service which allows a private ISDN to request a public ISDN to reroute a call to a forwarded-to user</p>
</div>


<a name="id09751" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partial sharing; <em>PS</em></h3>

<p>sharing of the bandwidth in which part of the bandwidth is dedicated to each traffic class while the rest is shared by all traffic streams</p>
</div>


<a name="id019581" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partial success code</h3>

<p>code that network elements use to indicate to the external application that a request was executed only partially because some parts of the request could not be completed</p>
</div>


<a name="id018610" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partition</h3>

<p>portion of a directory that is stored on a local host</p>
</div>


<a name="id018284" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partitioning</h3>

<p>assigning resources to a controller</p>
</div>


<a name="id021069" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partitioning</h3>

<p>dividing a physical system into multiple logical and/or physical partitions, each provided with its own resources and capable of running independently</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12471" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>partner program block</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05798#id05798" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See counterpart</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id09752" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>party dropping</h3>

<p>service which signalling offers for rejecting a party from a point-to-multipoint connection</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12473" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>party-line subscriber</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02503#id02503" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See shared-service line subscriber</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12474" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PAS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020713#id020713" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol adaptation server</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id02804" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pass band</h3>

<p>frequency band throughout which the attenuation is less than a specified value</p>
</div>


<a name="id012302" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pass-along message; <em>PAM</em></h3>

<p>signalling message that transfers information between two signalling points along the same signalling path that is used to establish a physical connection between those two points</p>
</div>


<a name="id014743" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pass-through attack</h3>

<p>attack in which a target is attacked via an intermediary without involving it in its specified role</p>
</div>


<a name="id08691" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>passive bus</h3>

<p>physical terminal on a point-to-multipoint configuration whose interface is identified by an ISDN number</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12479" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>passive connection</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018500#id018500" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See passive data connection</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id018500" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>passive data connection; <em>passive connection</em></h3>

<p>data connection where the passive data transfer process listens on the data socket prior to sending a transfer request command to the server, which initiates the data connection according to the request</p>
</div>


<a name="id08895" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>passive supervision</h3>

<p>supervision where the object of the supervision does not actively take part in supervision</p>
</div>


<a name="id011085" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>passive synchronisation unit</h3>

<p>spare synchronisation unit which is synchronised to one synchronisation signal or to the active synchronisation unit and is ready for moving to the active state</p>
</div>


<a name="id07375" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>passive threat</h3>

<p>threat of unauthorised disclosure of information without any modification to the information or without changing the state of the system</p>
</div>


<a name="id02225" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>password; <em>keyword</em>; <em>personal password</em></h3>

<p>string of digits used for user authentication</p>
</div>


<a name="id011086" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>password</h3>

<p>four-digit code of a subscriber for activating and deactivating a supplementary service</p>
</div>


<a name="id09469" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>password authentication protocol; <em>PAP</em></h3>

<p>authentication scheme used by PPP servers to validate the identity of the originator of the connection</p>
</div>


<a name="id020138" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>password complexity check</h3>

<p>check that the operator performs to ensure that the intended password is complex enough</p>
</div>


<a name="id010528" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>password cracking; <em>cracking</em></h3>

<p>cracking of a data medium's copy protection, or of a computer's password or other means of access control</p>
</div>


<a name="id020122" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>password history list</h3>

<p>list that contains a defined number of the latest passwords associated with a user name</p>
</div>


<a name="id020119" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>password policy</h3>

<p>set of rules for checking a user's password when it is created or changed</p>
</div>


<a name="id016651" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>password reminder; <em>reminder service</em></h3>

<p>service for re-obtaining the user ID and/or password</p>
</div>


<a name="id010701" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>paste</h3>

<p>insert text or a graphic that has been cut or copied from one document into a different location in the same or a different document</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12493" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PAT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016883#id016883" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See port address translation</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id0210" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>patch</h3>

<p>make an improvised modification</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12495" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>path</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03450#id03450" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See telecommunication path</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id06564" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>path</h3>

<p>trail in a path layer network</p>
</div>


<a name="id06168" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>path attenuation; <em>hop loss</em>; <em>path loss</em></h3>

<p>attenuation between the input port of the transmitter and the input port of the receiver</p>
</div>


<a name="id020630" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>path delay</h3>

<p>part of transmit delay that occurs in the telecommunication path</p>
</div>


<a name="id08463" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>path layer network</h3>

<p>layer network that provides transmission service to end-to-end connections in the circuit layer</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12500" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>path loss</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06168#id06168" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See path attenuation</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12501" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>path management</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013450#id013450" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See SCTP path management</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id013451" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>path name</h3>

<p>information that describes how to locate a file in the file system's directory hierarchy</p>
</div>


<a name="id06605" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>path overhead; <em>POH</em></h3>

<p>structural part of a signal which is added to a container for transfer</p>
</div>


<a name="id06565" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>path termination</h3>

<p>trail termination in a path layer network</p>
</div>


<a name="id07044" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pause function; <em>not ready function</em>; <em>ready function</em></h3>

<p>function whose activation enables an attendant or supervisor to be temporarily excluded from among the group of free attendants and to be returned to the group when the function is deactivated</p>
</div>


<a name="id013981" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pause recording</h3>

<p>specific type of recording made on a digital (TV) receiver with embedded hard disk</p>
</div>


<a name="id02964" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pay phone</h3>

<p>public or rented telephone from which calls can be paid for at the time they are maid</p>
</div>


<a name="id016643" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pay with Club Nokia credits</h3>

<p>payment method in which Club Nokia credits can be used to buy many of the web and WAP services available</p>
</div>


<a name="id06546" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>payload; <em>information payload</em></h3>

<p>information which is to be transferred to the receiving end by the transmission system or a part of it</p>
</div>


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<h3>payload capacity</h3>

<p>bit rate of the payload</p>
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<h3>payload module</h3>

<p>that portion of the information payload, of an interface, within which one or more channels entirely exist</p>
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<h3>payload type; <em>PT</em></h3>

<p>part of a header that tells the type of data transported</p>
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<h3>payload type identification</h3>

<p>end-to-end delivery service which the RTP/RTCP protocol provides for data with real-time characteristics to identify the format of the RTP payload and determine its interpretation</p>
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<h3>payload type identifier; <em>payload type indicator</em>; <em>PTI</em></h3>

<p>3-bit descriptor in the ATM cell header indicating the type of payload that the cell contains</p>
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<h3>payload type indicator</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09753#id09753" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See payload type identifier</a></p>
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<h3>payment clearing interface; <em>PC interface</em></h3>

<p>interface for communicating with billing, charging, and payment systems</p>
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<h3>payment confirmation</h3>

<p>process of confirming with users if they are willing to pay the specified sum of money for the content they are about to download</p>
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<h3>payment dialog /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018692#id018692" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See payment dialogue</a></p>
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<h3>payment dialogue; <em>payment dialog /US/</em></h3>

<p>written dialogue between the user and payment system, in which information concerning payment is transferred</p>
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<h3>PBCCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08956#id08956" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet broadcast control channel</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PBGT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016179#id016179" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See power budget</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PBP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012858#id012858" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See paging block periodicity</a></p>
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<h3>PBX</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03630#id03630" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private automatic branch exchange</a></p>
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<h3>PBX interface</h3>

<p>in a multimedia gateway (MGW), an interface which enables the traffic between an MSC server and the private automatic branch exchange (PBX)</p>
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<h3>PBX range</h3>

<p>range of telephone numbers that are associated with a private automatic branch exchange (PBX), in which all the numbers lie within a specified number range</p>
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<h3>PBX-A</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09130#id09130" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private branch exchange A</a></p>
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<h3>PBX-B</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09131#id09131" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private branch exchange B</a></p>
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<h3>PBX-originated call CDR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012110#id012110" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PBX-originated call charging record</a></p>
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<h3>PBX-originated call charging record; <em>PBX-originated call CDR</em>; <em>PBXO CDR</em></h3>

<p>charging record that contains information on PBX-originated calls</p>
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<h3>PBX-terminated call CDR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012111#id012111" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PBX-terminated call charging record</a></p>
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<h3>PBX-terminated call charging record; <em>PBX-terminated call CDR</em>; <em>PBXT CDR</em></h3>

<p>charging record that contains information on PBX-terminated calls</p>
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<h3>PBXO CDR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012110#id012110" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PBX-originated call charging record</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PBXT CDR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012111#id012111" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PBX-terminated call charging record</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011248#id011248" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See radio frequency power control</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020916#id020916" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point code</a></p>
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<h3>PC card</h3>

<p>adapter the size of a credit card, designed to plug into a PC card slot to provide universal expansion capabilities</p>
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<h3>PC card controller</h3>

<p>hardware present in a PC to enable use of plug-in peripheral devices</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PC interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018730#id018730" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See payment clearing interface</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PCAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016153#id016153" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See position calculation application part</a></p>
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<h3>PCAP'</h3>

<p>protocol that provides the signalling services between a IP base transceiver station (IP-BTS) or radio network controller (RNC), location measurement unit (LMU), and serving mobile location centres (SMLC)</p>
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<h3>PCB</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015924#id015924" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol control block</a></p>
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<h3>PCB</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02669#id02669" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See process control block</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PCB</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0594#id0594" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See printed board</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PCC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018338#id018338" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet core configurator</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PCCCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08928#id08928" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet common control channel</a></p>
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<h3>PCCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015376#id015376" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See paging control channel</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PCCPCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013517#id013517" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary common control physical channel</a></p>
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<h3>PCDATA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015813#id015813" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See parseable character data</a></p>
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<h3>PCF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019546#id019546" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet control function</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PCF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015247#id015247" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See policy decision point</a></p>
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<h3>PCF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013956#id013956" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point co-ordination function</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03634#id03634" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See calling channel</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PCI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010162#id010162" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See peripheral component interconnect</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PCI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09761#id09761" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol control information</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PCI Ethernet device</h3>

<p>interface to local area network (LAN) in the PCI computers</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PCM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0639#id0639" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pulse code modulation</a></p>
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<h3>PCM binary code</h3>

<p>pulse code in which all the quantised values are identified by binary numbers taken in order</p>
</div>


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<h3>PCM circuit</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02067#id02067" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PCM trunk circuit</a></p>
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<h3>PCM circuit</h3>

<p>digital circuit used for transferring PCM signals or other digital signals the structure of which complies with the frame structure of a standardised PCM group</p>
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<h3>PCM line</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02930#id02930" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PCM circuit</a></p>
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<h3>PCM multiplex equipment</h3>

<p>equipment that derives a single digital signal at a defined digit rate from several voice frequency channels by a combination of pulse code modulation and time division multiplexing, and that also carries out the complementary functions in the opposite direction of transmission</p>
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<h3>PCM time-slot; <em>PCM-TSL</em>; <em>PCM TSL</em></h3>

<p>on the PCM circuits within the network element, a single 64 kbit/s time-slot, which includes 8 PCM sub-slots.</p>
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<h3>PCM trunk circuit; <em>PCM circuit</em></h3>

<p>PCM circuit connecting two exchanges</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PCM TSL</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012494#id012494" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PCM time-slot</a></p>
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<h3>PCM word</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0399#id0399" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See code word</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PCM-TSL</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012494#id012494" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PCM time-slot</a></p>
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<h3>PCMCIA card</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08171#id08171" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PC card</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PCR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02945#id02945" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See preventive cyclic retransmission method</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PCR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09754#id09754" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See peak cell rate</a></p>
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<h3>PCS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06892#id06892" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Personal Communications Service</a></p>
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<h3>PCSC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015972#id015972" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See personal communications services switching centre</a></p>
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<h3>PCU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014238#id014238" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet control unit</a></p>
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<h3>PD</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011318#id011318" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol discriminator</a></p>
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<h3>PDA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012025#id012025" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See personal digital assistant</a></p>
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<h3>PDCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08929#id08929" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet data channel</a></p>
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<h3>PDCP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014241#id014241" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet data convergence protocol</a></p>
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<h3>PDCP PDU number</h3>

<p>extension header transmitted to provide the packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) sequence number of not-yet-acknowledged network protocol data units (N-PDU)</p>
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<h3>PDE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019737#id019737" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See position-determining equipment</a></p>
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<h3>PDE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04311#id04311" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public definitions</a></p>
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<h3>PDF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020310#id020310" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See policy decision function</a></p>
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<h3>PDH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06563#id06563" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See plesiochronous digital hierarchy</a></p>
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<h3>PDH interface</h3>

<p>interface between a network element and a system based on plesiochronous digital hierarchy (PDH)</p>
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<h3>PDH loop topology</h3>

<p>loop topology based on plesiochronous digital hierarchy (PDH) that provides traffic protection for radio and wireline connections</p>
</div>


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<h3>PDH path adaptation; <em>PPA</em></h3>

<p>function that adapts the PDH signal into a C-n container</p>
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<h3>PDH path termination; <em>PPT</em></h3>

<p>function which terminates the 2 Mbit/s frame and feeds the 31 x 64 kbit/s signal to LPA, and which, in the reverse direction, creates the frame by using the 31 x 64 kbit/s as payload</p>
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<h3>PDH physical interface; <em>plesiochronous physical interface</em>; <em>PPI</em></h3>

<p>function that converts a PDH interface signal into an internal logic level signal, and vice versa. PDH is an abbreviation of plesiochronous digital hierarchy.</p>
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<h3>PDH T1</h3>

<p>physical 1,544 Mbit/s interface with inverse multiplexing for ATM which the radio network controller (RNC) supports</p>
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<h3>PDH/SDH frame</h3>

<p>frame carrying a PDH or SDH signal</p>
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<h3>PDH/SDH network</h3>

<p>network in which plesiochronous digital hierarchy/synchronous digital hierarchy (PDH/SDH) technologies are used</p>
</div>


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<h3>PDH/SDH transmission layer; <em>PDH/SDH transport layer</em></h3>

<p>lowest level in the ATM cross-connect (AXC) management model representing the functions necessary for the Nokia AXC to be connected to the plesiochronous digital hierarchy/synchronous digital hierarchy (PDH/SDH) network</p>
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<h3>PDH/SDH transport layer</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016059#id016059" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PDH/SDH transmission layer</a></p>
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<h3>PDM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016216#id016216" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See provisioning driver manager</a></p>
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<h3>PDM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06933#id06933" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pulse-duration modulation</a></p>
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<h3>PDN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04595#id04595" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public data network</a></p>
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<h3>PDN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014242#id014242" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet data network</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PDP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011623#id011623" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet data protocol</a></p>
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<h3>PDP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015247#id015247" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See policy decision point</a></p>
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<h3>PDP address</h3>

<p>network layer address of a GPRS subscriber, which is temporarily or permanently associated with the subscription and which conforms to the standard addressing scheme of the network layer service used (for example, an IP version 4 address, an IP version 6 address or an X.121 address)</p>
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<h3>PDP context; <em>packet data protocol context</em></h3>

<p>network-level information which is used to bind a mobile station (MS) to various PDP addresses and to unbind the mobile station from these addresses after use</p>
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<h3>PDP context activation</h3>

<p>procedure in which the serving GPRS support node (SGSN) together with the gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) that the GPRS subscriber will be using establishes a PDP context for routing purposes</p>
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<h3>PDP context creation</h3>

<p>procedure in which the serving GPRS support node (SGSN) uses domain name system (DNS) to find the gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) related to the access point (AP) requested by the user and then negotiates with the GGSN in setting up a PDP context when a subscriber proceeds to perform a GPRS attach</p>
</div>


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<h3>PDP context deactivation</h3>

<p>procedure which is initiated by the mobile station (PDP context deactivation initiated by MS procedure) or by the network (PDP context deactivation initiated by SGSN procedure or PDP context deactivation initiated by GGSN procedure) or it may be performed implicitly within the GPRS detach</p>
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<h3>PDP context deactivation initiated by MS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011306#id011306" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See MO PDP context deactivation</a></p>
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<h3>PDP context disconnection</h3>

<p>event detection point request (EDP-R) at which the service control function (SCF) detects the PDP context deactivation and stops charging</p>
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<h3>PDP context establishment</h3>

<p>trigger detection point request (TDP-R) at which the service switching function (SSF) sends the initial query to the service control function (SCF) and waits for the instructions if it is allowed to proceed with the PDP context activation</p>
</div>


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<h3>PDP context establishment acknowledgement</h3>

<p>event detection point request (EDP-R) at which the service switching function (SSF) reports to the service control function (SCF) of the created PDP context and waits for control instructions</p>
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<h3>PDP context modification; <em>PDP context modification procedure</em></h3>

<p>procedure in which the operator modifies the parameters of the subscriber's PDP context record or records in an HLR that were negotiated during an activation procedure and the HLR indicates the modification to the serving GPRS support node (SGSN) serving this subscriber</p>
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<h3>PDP context modification procedure</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011311#id011311" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PDP context modification</a></p>
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<h3>PDP context record</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011312#id011312" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PDP context subscription record</a></p>
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<h3>PDP context subscription record; <em>PDP context record</em></h3>

<p>record which contains the PDP context the user has subscribed to and which is stored in the home location register (HLR)</p>
</div>


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<h3>PDSCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014243#id014243" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical downlink shared channel</a></p>
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<h3>PDSN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018741#id018741" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet data serving node</a></p>
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<h3>PDTCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08930#id08930" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet data traffic channel</a></p>
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<h3>PDU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08994#id08994" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol data unit</a></p>
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<h3>PDU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09239#id09239" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol data unit</a></p>
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<h3>PDV</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015229#id015229" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet delay variation</a></p>
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<h3>PE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018307#id018307" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See provider edge</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>peak bit rate</h3>

<p>maximum bit rate offered to the user for a given time period for the transfer of a bursty signal</p>
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<h3>peak busy hour; <em>peak hour</em></h3>

<p>in peak hour method the full hour during a day when the average traffic is at its maximum level</p>
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<h3>peak cell rate; <em>PCR</em></h3>

<p>cell rate which the source may never exceed</p>
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<h3>peak counter</h3>

<p>value that represents the highest value in a results accumulation period</p>
</div>


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<h3>peak counter</h3>

<p>counter which shows the highest number of transactions in a given time period</p>
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<h3>peak hour</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03925#id03925" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See peak busy hour</a></p>
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<h3>peak hour measurement</h3>

<p>means for continuous observation of the exchange traffic and of it trends, in particular</p>
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<h3>peak hour method</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04529#id04529" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See average of the daily peak full hour</a></p>
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<h3>peak hour report</h3>

<p>measurement report which contains information about the peak hour and traffic intensity</p>
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<h3>peak hour report by circuit group; <em>circuit-group-specific peak hour measurement report</em></h3>

<p>peak hour report which includes the traffic profile of each individual circuit group on a daily basis and the traffic intensity during the peak hour in erlangs</p>
</div>


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<h3>peak limiting</h3>

<p>effect whereby any value to be quantised lying outside the working range is replaced by the nearest quantised value</p>
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<h3>peak load counter</h3>

<p>statistical counter that calculates the peak load during a defined period</p>
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<h3>peak performance</h3>

<p>data throughput of the system measured over a single second burst of activity</p>
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<h3>peak throughput</h3>

<p>quality of service parameter defined for each PDP context, which specifies the maximum rate at which the data is expected to be transferred across the network for the PDP context</p>
</div>


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<h3>peak value viewer</h3>

<p>application which displays the peak values for the number of callback requests in the user control servers and the number of simultaneous speech items in the user traffic servers, the maximum capacity values, and the domain name server (DNS) names of each user traffic server and user control server</p>
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<h3>PEC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020108#id020108" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See periodic expiry checker</a></p>
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<h3>pedigree</h3>

<p>part of a certificate that guarantees its authenticity</p>
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<h3>peer</h3>

<p>entity with own independent data buffers and queues for data transfer</p>
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<h3>peer</h3>

<p>in a communications environment, a device that is considered to be equal to another device with respect to their communications capabilities</p>
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<h3>peer entities</h3>

<p>entities in the same layer but in different systems (nodes) which must exchange information to achieve a common objective</p>
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<h3>peer group</h3>

<p>set of logical nodes which are grouped for purposes of creating a routing hierarchy</p>
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<h3>peer node</h3>

<p>logical node that is a member of a peer group</p>
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<h3>peer protocol</h3>

<p>formal language used by peer entities to exchange information</p>
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<h3>peer-entity authentication</h3>

<p>authentication to verify that the peer entity in an association is the one it claims to be</p>
</div>


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<h3>peer-to-peer browsing</h3>

<p>browsing that takes place between two devices where each device may temporarily act as a server, typically for short periods of time or with little communication load</p>
</div>


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<h3>peer-to-peer communication</h3>

<p>communication based on distributed computing in peer-to-peer relationships, not requiring centralised nodes for communication or storage</p>
</div>


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<h3>peer-to-peer network; <em>ad hoc network</em></h3>

<p>network architecture where all machines have equal status which means that all stations can access data stored in all other workstations</p>
</div>


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<h3>peer-to-peer supervision</h3>

<p>supervision in which two IP hosts send ICMP echo messages to each other</p>
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<h3>PEF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016990#id016990" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See policy enforcement function</a></p>
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<h3>PEM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010009#id010009" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See privacy enhanced mail</a></p>
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<h3>pending</h3>

<p>state of the tracing and monitoring when their activation settings are permanently stored in the visitor location register (VLR)</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PEP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015248#id015248" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See policy enforcement point</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PEP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020029#id020029" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance enhancing proxy</a></p>
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<h3>PEP identification object; <em>PEPID</em></h3>

<p>ASCII string which uniquely identifies the policy enforcement point (PEP) client to the remote policy decision point (PDP)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PEPID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018494#id018494" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PEP identification object</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>per call continuity check</h3>

<p>feature which enables the checking of transmission quality of the speech circuits of a call allocated during the call set-up</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>per-hop-behavior /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015235#id015235" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See per-hop-behaviour</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>per-hop-behaviour; <em>per-hop-behavior /US/</em>; <em>PHB</em></h3>

<p>description of the externally observable forwarding treatment applied at a differentiated services compliant node to a behaviour aggregate</p>
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<h3>per-side split connection</h3>

<p>split connection where the incoming transmission of a circuit to be tested is connected to a test access and the outgoing direction of the test access is connected to the outgoing direction of the circuit</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>percentage call distribution</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06627#id06627" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See load sharing distribution</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>percentage routing</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06627#id06627" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See load sharing distribution</a></p>
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<h3>perfect forward secrecy; <em>PFS</em></h3>

<p>characteristic of a protocol, indicating that compromising long-term keys does not compromise past session keys</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012860#id012860" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See network performance</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance alarm; <em>threshold alarm</em></h3>

<p>alarm which is set based on threshold monitoring on a performance indicator</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance analysis</h3>

<p>part of performance management including functions for additional processing and analysis in order to evaluate the performance level of the entity</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance control</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05299#id05299" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance monitoring</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance counter</h3>

<p>counter which collects information on the performance, level of usage, or malfunctions encountered in the network element for the use of a network operator</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance data</h3>

<p>data reporting both measurements and observations of the performance of the network elements</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance data module</h3>

<p>data module which includes performance data from specified performance measurements</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance design objective</h3>

<p>capacity criterion that has to be met at the time of a given reference traffic load</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance enhancing proxy; <em>PEP</em></h3>

<p>proxy that improves the performance of protocols on network paths where performance may suffer due to link and subnetwork characteristics</p>
</div>


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<h3>performance indicator; <em>PI</em></h3>

<p>metric that gives information about the performance of a network element, process, or function, on network element or network subsystem level</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance management; <em>PM</em></h3>

<p>set of functions which enable the performance of the network services to be measured and corrective actions to be taken</p>
</div>


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<h3>performance management cell</h3>

<p>specific OAM cell used for performance management. The following functions are identified: forward monitoring, backward monitoring, monitoring and reporting</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance management control</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05299#id05299" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance monitoring</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance management core; <em>PM core</em></h3>

<p>central database for measurement data in the network management system</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance management daemon; <em>PMD</em></h3>

<p>set of performance management functions that is part of the network management interface of the serving GPRS support node (SGSN), accepting performance indicators (PI)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance management data collection; <em>PM data collection</em></h3>

<p>gathering of data on the performance of managed objects in the nodes</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance management data summarisation; <em>PMDS</em></h3>

<p>process which collects data passed through performance management interface, summarises the counters, collects non-product related system data and reports it, and produces performance data in various formats</p>
</div>


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<h3>performance management database; <em>PM database</em></h3>

<p>part of the NMS database in which the performance measurements are stored</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance management interface; <em>PMI</em>; <em>PMIF</em></h3>

<p>interface between operations systems (OS) and network elements (NE) which is used to gather performance monitoring data</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance management metadata</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014601#id014601" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PM metadata</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance management observation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014602#id014602" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PM observation</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance management result file</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014603#id014603" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PM result file</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance management system</h3>

<p>part of a network management system (NMS) which concerns maintaining network or single network element performance at the required level</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance management unit; <em>PFMU</em></h3>

<p>unit in the Front End containing the data collection and forwarding functions of PLMN performance data</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance modelling community</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016185#id016185" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See equipment vendor performance modelling community</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance monitor</h3>

<p>user who is responsible for performance monitoring</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance monitoring; <em>performance control</em>; <em>performance management control</em></h3>

<p>part of performance management providing traffic control and traffic administration functions</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance monitoring</h3>

<p>part of performance management for tracking system, network or service activities in order to gather the appropriate data for determining performance, which involves the continuous collection of data concerning the performance on the network element (NE)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance optimisation</h3>

<p>part of network development and optimisation (NDO) for optimising the network performance for each service in any technology</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance report</h3>

<p>report that provides information about the achieved performance over a given measurement interval</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>performance report message; <em>PRM</em></h3>

<p>message which is used to convey specific error information between the network side and the user side</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>perimeter IP address</h3>

<p>external IP address visible inside and outside the cluster</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>periodic expiry checker; <em>PEC</em></h3>

<p>process that frequently checks the expiry states of all prepaid expiry subscribers in the database</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>periodic frame</h3>

<p>transmission segment which is repeated at intervals of equal duration (for example, 125 microsec.), and may de delineated by incorporating fixed periodic patterns into the bit stream</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>periodic LA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04501#id04501" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See periodic location updating</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>periodic location update</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04501#id04501" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See periodic location updating</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>periodic location updating; <em>periodic location update</em>; <em>periodic LA</em></h3>

<p>location updating made at regular intervals</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12697" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>periodic RA update</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011313#id011313" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See periodic routing area update</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>periodic routing area update; <em>periodic RA update</em></h3>

<p>routing area update used by class C mobile stations and by class A or B mobile stations that are IMSI attached for GPRS or for GPRS and non-GPRS services independent of the network operation mode</p>
</div>


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<h3>periodical backup copying</h3>

<p>backup copying where the backup is taken automatically at defined intervals</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>periodical counter</h3>

<p>security counter which indicates the number of events collected after the output of the previous periodic security counter report</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>peripheral component interconnect; <em>PCI</em></h3>

<p>interconnection system between a microprocessor and attached devices in which expansion slots are spaced closely for high speed operation</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>peripheral device; <em>peripheral unit</em></h3>

<p>equipment which works in conjunction with a computer but is not a part of it</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>peripheral unit</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id01890#id01890" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See peripheral device</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>Perl</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021238#id021238" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Perl programming language</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>Perl programming language; <em>Perl</em></h3>

<p>general-purpose interpreted programming language that is especially suitable for scripting, that supports procedural programming and object-oriented programming, and that was originally developed by Larry Wall</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>permanent; <em>permanent mode</em></h3>

<p>wireless application protocol (WAP) session mode that is a reliable data transfer method because lost data can be detected and requested to be resent</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>permanent activation</h3>

<p>activation of a system, or a part of a system, that will not be deactivated even when it is not required to be fully operating</p>
</div>


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<h3>permanent circuit service; <em>permanent circuit telecommunication service</em></h3>

<p>type of telecommunication service in which the communication path is established in response to a customer request effected by means of an operational or administrative message</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>permanent circuit telecommunication service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04021#id04021" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See permanent circuit service</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>permanent connection</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03384#id03384" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-switched connection</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>permanent counter</h3>

<p>statistical counter which shows essential statistical information on the operation of the unit since the unit's installation</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>permanent file</h3>

<p>file that is retained from one initial program load until the next</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>permanent leg</h3>

<p>leg that is established without the use of switching and reserves the resources of a network element even though they are not used</p>
</div>


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<h3>permanent line; <em>PL</em></h3>

<p>permanently established connection provided between two user-network interfaces routed through the transmission network, bypassing network nodes of the switched digital network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>permanent logical file; <em>fixed logical file</em></h3>

<p>logical file that comes with program delivery and that the user cannot create or delete with MML commands, nor change its name</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>permanent mode</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014660#id014660" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See permanent</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>permanent order</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010395#id010395" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See continuous order</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>permanent virtual channel</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05545#id05545" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See permanent virtual circuit</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>permanent virtual circuit; <em>permanent virtual connection</em>; <em>permanent virtual channel</em>; <em>PVC</em></h3>

<p>virtual circuit in the network between two users that is continuously available to them for exchanging packets of data</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>permanent virtual connection</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05545#id05545" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See permanent virtual circuit</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>permission</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07342#id07342" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access right</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>persistent memory</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07580#id07580" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-volatile memory</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>persistent storage</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07580#id07580" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See non-volatile memory</a></p>
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<h3>personal album; <em>PA</em></h3>

<p>terminal gateway (TGW) subscriber's main album where multimedia messages are stored</p>
</div>


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<h3>Personal Communications Service; <em>PCS</em></h3>

<p>set of capabilities that allows some combination of terminal mobility, personal mobility, and service profile management</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>personal communications services switching centre; <em>personal communications switching centre</em>; <em>PCSC</em></h3>

<p>exchange which performs all the switching functions for personal stations located in a geographical area designated as the PCSC area</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>personal communications switching centre</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015972#id015972" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See personal communications services switching centre</a></p>
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<h3>personal digital assistant; <em>PDA</em></h3>

<p>portable device combining a wide range of functions, such as diary, address book, word processor and calculator</p>
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<h3>Personal Home Page</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021240#id021240" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PHP programming language</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>personal identification number</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04502#id04502" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PIN code</a></p>
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<h3>personal mobility</h3>

<p>ability of a user to access telecommunication services at any terminal on the basis of a personal identifier, and the capability of the network to provide those services according to the user's service profile</p>
</div>


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<h3>personal number; <em>PN</em></h3>

<p>telephone number whose owner can direct incoming calls to a desired subscriber connection irrespective of the telecommunication network or system</p>
</div>


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<h3>personal number service; <em>PNS</em></h3>

<p>service by which a GSM mobile subscriber can receive a call in a specified operator-activated number if he is not reachable on his GSM mobile phone</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>personal password</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02225#id02225" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See password</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>personal service environment; <em>PSE</em></h3>

<p>service environment based on one or more user profiles</p>
</div>


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<h3>personal WEP key</h3>

<p>WEP key that is used for authenticating users in a wireless LAN</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>personalisation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012861#id012861" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See personalisation of a mobile phone</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>personalisation entity</h3>

<p>network, network subset, service provider (SP), corporate or SIM to which a mobile station is personalised</p>
</div>


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<h3>personalisation of a mobile phone; <em>personalization of a mobile phone /US/</em>; <em>personalisation</em></h3>

<p>transformation of the basic version of a mobile station (MS) by the means chosen by the user</p>
</div>


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<h3>personalised service</h3>

<p>service set up by a subscriber when maintaining a personal menu structure</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>personalization of a mobile phone /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012861#id012861" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See personalisation of a mobile phone</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PET</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010692#id010692" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See privacy enhancing technology</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05285#id05285" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presentation function</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PFC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019954#id019954" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet flow context</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PFI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019955#id019955" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet flow identifier</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PFMU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08467#id08467" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance management unit</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PFS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015236#id015236" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See perfect forward secrecy</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PFU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0759#id0759" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See functional unit</a></p>
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<h3>PG</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013518#id013518" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See processing gain</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PGP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012537#id012537" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Pretty Good Privacy</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PGW</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018194#id018194" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See paging gateway</a></p>
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<h3>phantom circuit</h3>

<p>additional circuit derived from the conductors of two metallic circuits, with the two conductors of each metallic circuit effectively being used in parallel</p>
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<h3>phase</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020567#id020567" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See software upgrade phase</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>phase deviation</h3>

<p>peak difference between the instantaneous angle of a phase modulated wave and the angle of the carrier</p>
</div>


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<h3>phase distortion; <em>phase-frequency distortion</em></h3>

<p>distortion characterised by input-output phase shift between various components of a signal passed by a circuit or device</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>phase jitter</h3>

<p>analogue-line impairment caused by power and communication equipment along the line that shifts the signal phase relationship back and forth</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>phase modulation; <em>PM</em></h3>

<p>type of modulation in which the angle relative to the unmodulated carrier is varied in accordance with the instantaneous value of the amplitude of the modulating signal</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>phase modulator</h3>

<p>modulator which varies the phase of a carrier according to the amplitude of the modulating signal, thus producing a phase-modulated wave of constant amplitude</p>
</div>


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<h3>phase shift</h3>

<p>change in the phase of a periodic quantity (for example, signal)</p>
</div>


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<h3>phase shift keying; <em>PSK</em></h3>

<p>method of transmitting digital signals, using different phases of signal elements for different code meanings</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>phase-frequency distortion</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06936#id06936" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See phase distortion</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PHB</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015235#id015235" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See per-hop-behaviour</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PHB class</h3>

<p>set of per-hop-behaviours (PHB) that share the same resources but may receive different treatment</p>
</div>


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<h3>phone catalog</h3>

<p>collection of thumbnails showing the Nokia phone models</p>
</div>


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<h3>phone support</h3>

<p>on the Club Nokia web pages, a main heading leading to support pages where users can find documentation and information on a specific Nokia phone</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>photo zone</h3>

<p>on the Club Nokia web pages, a subheading under services, leading to pages where users can create photo albums and manipulate images</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PHP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021240#id021240" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PHP programming language</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PHP programming language; <em>PHP</em></h3>

<p>interpreted programming language that is mainly used in programming web applications and that was originally developed by Rasmus Lerdorf</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021240#id021240" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PHP programming language</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PHY</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03561#id03561" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical layer</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PHY</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09242#id09242" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical layer</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>physical address</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07873#id07873" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical computer address</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>physical address</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09887#id09887" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See MAC address</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>physical address management</h3>

<p>operating system feature that generates and stores unique addresses that can be used as identifiers of computers in inter-computer messaging</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical architecture</h3>

<p>description of realisable interfaces and examples of physical components (hardware and software) that make up the TMN</p>
</div>


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<h3>physical audio segment; <em>physical segment</em></h3>

<p>audio segment that consists of a single recording</p>
</div>


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<h3>physical channel data stream</h3>

<p>data stream that is transmitted on one physical radio channel in the uplink or on one physical radio channel in each cell of the active set in the downlink</p>
</div>


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<h3>physical computer</h3>

<p>computer hardware including, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), main memory, input devices, and output devices</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical computer address; <em>physical address</em></h3>

<p>computer address indicating a physical computer or a computer group</p>
</div>


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<h3>physical configuration</h3>

<p>combination of equipment entities showing electrical, optical or electromagnetic radiation type interconnections between associated parts</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical connection; <em>physical link</em></h3>

<p>association established between functional units for conveying information</p>
</div>


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<h3>physical downlink shared channel; <em>PDSCH</em></h3>

<p>physical channel which provides the possibility for downlink transmission of transport format combination indicator (TFCI), synchronisation shift (SS), and transmit power control (TPC) information</p>
</div>


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<h3>physical frame</h3>

<p>segment of a serial logical bit stream at an interface, partitioned into successive segments</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical functional unit</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0759#id0759" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See functional unit</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical interface configuration; <em>PIC</em></h3>

<p>feature that covers the functions needed for the configuration of physical ATM, IP, and TDM interfaces, and configuration of PCM circuits</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical IP address</h3>

<p>IP address that is bound to a physical computer unit and can be used in direct connections</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical layer; <em>PHY</em></h3>

<p>layer 1 within the OSI model including the transmission of signals and the activation and deactivation of physical connections</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical layer; <em>PHY</em></h3>

<p>part of ATM layers defining the interface between the ATM traffic and the physical media</p>
</div>


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<h3>physical layer convergence protocol; <em>PLCP</em></h3>

<p>protocol that maps ATM cells into physical media and defines certain management information</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical layer measurement</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021054#id021054" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical layer performance measurement</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>physical layer performance measurement; <em>physical layer measurement</em></h3>

<p>measurement which is used to collect information about the transmission path quality and the traffic quantity</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical layer performance measurements</h3>

<p>feature which is used to collect and monitor performance parameters of the physical layer, and to combine these parameters into reports and into a threshold notification</p>
</div>


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<h3>physical layer performance statistics</h3>

<p>statistical data which provides information on disturbances on the physical layer, based on the physical layer performance measurements</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical layer trail termination point; <em>phyTTP</em></h3>

<p>termination point where an ATM external interface can be created, hiding the physical resources from the upper layers</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical link</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08718#id08718" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical connection</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical media layer network</h3>

<p>part of transmission media layer network that supports section layer network by supplying the actual physical connection</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical medium</h3>

<p>physical environment through which transmission signals pass</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical medium-dependent sublayer; <em>PMD</em></h3>

<p>part of physical layer that defines the parameters at the lowest level of ATM network</p>
</div>


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<h3>physical memory</h3>

<p>actual memory that can be accessed through the system's memory bus</p>
</div>


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<h3>physical plane; <em>IN physical plane</em>; <em>PP</em></h3>

<p>plane in the INCM containing elements and their interfaces that implement functional entities</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical radio channel</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03657#id03657" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See radio channel</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>physical random access channel</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08933#id08933" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet random access channel</a></p>
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<h3>physical resource identifier; <em>PRid</em></h3>

<p>identifier which is composed of a logical interface number and an address field, used when the client needs to access a physical resource</p>
</div>


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<h3>physical resource management layer</h3>

<p>layer that manages the sharing of the physical devices on a platform between all associated virtual devices</p>
</div>


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<h3>physical security</h3>

<p>security measures used to provide physical protection of resources against deliberate and accidental threats</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>physical segment</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015859#id015859" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical audio segment</a></p>
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<h3>physical signaling channel /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04389#id04389" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical signalling channel</a></p>
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<h3>physical signalling channel; <em>physical signaling channel /US/</em></h3>

<p>dedicated physical channel (for example, a D-channel) used for signalling information</p>
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<h3>physical SMSC address; <em>SMSC-GT-2</em></h3>

<p>short message service centre's (SMSC) address which the mobile station uses</p>
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<h3>physical traffic channel</h3>

<p>time slot (radio channel in the TDMA system) used primarily for traffic (voice or data transmission, except short messages)</p>
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<h3>phyTTP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014860#id014860" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical layer trail termination point</a></p>
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<h3>PI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010008#id010008" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance indicator</a></p>
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<h3>PI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014289#id014289" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presentation indicator</a></p>
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<h3>PI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015827#id015827" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See processing instruction</a></p>
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<h3>PI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016773#id016773" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See push initiator</a></p>
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<h3>PI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020646#id020646" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See profile interface</a></p>
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<h3>PI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06759#id06759" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See programmable interface</a></p>
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<h3>PI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09619#id09619" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See priority index</a></p>
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<h3>pi/4 differential quadrature phase shift keying; <em>pi/4 DQPSK</em></h3>

<p>quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) where the phase of the carrier is always changed for each symbol, with each symbol representing two bits</p>
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<h3>pi/4 DQPSK</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09471#id09471" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pi/4 differential quadrature phase shift keying</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PIA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09135#id09135" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point in association</a></p>
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<h3>PIB</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015249#id015249" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See policy information base</a></p>
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<h3>PIC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015241#id015241" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical interface configuration</a></p>
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<h3>PIC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016263#id016263" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See preferred inter-exchange carrier</a></p>
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<h3>PIC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05691#id05691" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point in call</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PICH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014239#id014239" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See page indicator channel</a></p>
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<h3>PICH monitoring occasion; <em>page indicator channel monitoring occasion</em></h3>

<p>time instance when a mobile station monitors a page indicator channel (PICH) within a paging occasion</p>
</div>


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<h3>pick-up</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04283#id04283" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See call pick-up</a></p>
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<h3>pick-up group</h3>

<p>group of subscribers composed of centrex group members in one exchange, who can pick up each other's calls by means of a group-specific pick-up service</p>
</div>


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<h3>pico cell</h3>

<p>small cell with a cell radius typically less than 50 metres</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PICS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07016#id07016" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol implementation conformance statement</a></p>
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<h3>PICS proforma</h3>

<p>document, in the form of a questionnaire, which when completed for an implementation or system becomes the protocol implementation conformance statement (PICS)</p>
</div>


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<h3>picture messaging application; <em>PMA</em></h3>

<p>application providing tools for the end-user to compose pictures and send them to another phone</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>picture-in-picture</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016324#id016324" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PIP</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PictureInWML</h3>

<p>download model which is used when a single picture file is downloaded to the mobile terminal</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011839#id011839" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol identifier</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PId</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04210#id04210" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See process instance identifier</a></p>
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<h3>pid</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04210#id04210" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See process instance identifier</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04333#id04333" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See process identifier</a></p>
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<h3>PID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06733#id06733" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See process identifier</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09814#id09814" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol identifier</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>pid</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09814#id09814" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol identifier</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PIE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011247#id011247" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See priority information element</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>pilot bit</h3>

<p>bit with a preset value (zero) that is sent with the protected traffic in a known position and is used to verify that the transmission path is functioning</p>
</div>


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<h3>pilot channel</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013336#id013336" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See common pilot channel</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>pilot signal</h3>

<p>signal, usually a single frequency, transmitted over a system for supervisory, control, synchronisation or reference purposes</p>
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<h3>PIM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010163#id010163" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol independent multicast</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PIM dense mode</h3>

<p>operational mode of PIM, in which packets are forwarded on all outgoing interfaces until pruning and truncation occurs</p>
</div>


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<h3>PIM sparse mode</h3>

<p>operational mode of PIM, which tries to constrain data distribution so that a minimal number of routers in the network receive it</p>
</div>


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<h3>PIN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04502#id04502" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PIN code</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PIN code; <em>personal identification number</em>; <em>PIN</em></h3>

<p>access code for protecting the SIM card against unauthorised use</p>
</div>


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<h3>PIN label; <em>label</em></h3>

<p>maximum of 32 characters that identifies the personal identification number (PIN)</p>
</div>


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<h3>PIN-G</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014679#id014679" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See module PIN</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PIN-NR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014681#id014681" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See signing PIN</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PIN2</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08176#id08176" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PIN2 code</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PIN2 code; <em>PIN2</em></h3>

<p>access code required for accessing specified network services</p>
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<h3>PING</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010165#id010165" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet Internet groper</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>ping</h3>

<p>to use the ping utility or command to find out whether a computer is actually online and operating or how long it takes to get a response</p>
</div>


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<h3>pinhole</h3>

<p>function that allows access from a wide area network to a host in a local area network through network access port translation NAPT</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PINX</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010791#id010791" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private integrated services network exchange</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PIP; <em>picture-in-picture</em></h3>

<p>feature, which enables the presentation of images from two separate sources such as a DVD and computer at the same time</p>
</div>


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<h3>PISN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010803#id010803" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private integrated services network</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PIU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02198#id02198" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See plug-in unit</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>pixel beacon</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014932#id014932" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See web beacon</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PJC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08006#id08006" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pointer justification count</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PJE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08001#id08001" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pointer justification event</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PKCS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010012#id010012" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public key cryptography</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PKCS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010013#id010013" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public key cryptography standards</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PKI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010014#id010014" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public key infrastructure</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PKZIP</h3>

<p>DOS-based file compression method that is distributed as shareware</p>
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<h3>PL</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08570#id08570" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See permanent line</a></p>
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<h3>plaintext</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07350#id07350" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See cleartext</a></p>
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<h3>plan activation</h3>

<p>process in which a network element brings into use a new configuration defined in the plan file, and acknowledges the network management system or element manager which transmitted the activation command to the network element</p>
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<h3>plan editor</h3>

<p>plan editing tool for completing and modifying plans created with planning tools for network implementation</p>
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<h3>plan file</h3>

<p>XML-formatted file that can be transferred between the network management system (NMS) and Network Element Management Unit (NEMU), containing configuration data</p>
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<h3>plan management application</h3>

<p>tool which takes care of dividing a radio network plan into sub-plans, for example one per radio network controller (RNC), attaching a profile to objects that do not exist in the network yet, downloading the plans to the radio network controllers (RNC), and activating them in the RNCs</p>
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<h3>planning interface</h3>

<p>interface for exporting network configuration data from the network management system (NMS) to the planning system and for importing plans created in the planning system to the NMS</p>
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<h3>planning interface application</h3>

<p>tool which takes care of importing the plan files from the dedicated web server to the NetAct repository and checks the validity of the XML files</p>
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<h3>platform</h3>

<p>basic system on which different applications can be developed</p>
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<h3>platform adaptation interface; <em>PAI</em></h3>

<p>adaptation interface to platform device drivers, operating system core, and platform hardware</p>
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<h3>platform integration interface</h3>

<p>programming interface that enables integration of tightly-coupled services with core integration services</p>
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<h3>platform interface</h3>

<p>interface to platform device drivers other than network access-related, operating system core, and platform hardware</p>
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<h3>platform manager</h3>

<p>process that contains all the functions required in the platform management</p>
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<h3>platform manager user interface; <em>PMUI</em></h3>

<p>graphical user interface (GUI) via which the platform manager and the processes running on the NEMU platform can be controlled</p>
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<h3>platform service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02922#id02922" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See subsystem</a></p>
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<h3>Platypus application management</h3>

<p>in the Platypus platform, a set of functions that tracks which applications are running and has the ability to start new applications</p>
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<h3>Platypus platform</h3>

<p>Java graphical user interface (GUI) application platform for Nokia network and element management products</p>
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<h3>Platypus service interface</h3>

<p>in the Platypus platform, a set of functions that defines the interfaces to the platform services, and provides a service registry which allows the Platypus management application to refer to a service</p>
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<h3>PlayAnnouncement</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012065#id012065" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PlayAnnouncement procedure</a></p>
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<h3>PlayAnnouncement procedure; <em>PlayAnnouncement</em>; <em>PA</em></h3>

<p>procedure by which the service control point (SCP) asks the specialised resource point (SRP) to send information to the user terminal</p>
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<h3>playback head</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id01878#id01878" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See read head</a></p>
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<h3>PLC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020503#id020503" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See preferred link characteristics</a></p>
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<h3>PLCP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09755#id09755" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical layer convergence protocol</a></p>
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<h3>PLD</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015645#id015645" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See partial load disconnector unit</a></p>
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<h3>PLDU</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015645#id015645" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See partial load disconnector unit</a></p>
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<h3>plesiochronous</h3>

<p>essential characteristic of signals such that their corresponding significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits</p>
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<h3>plesiochronous digital hierarchy; <em>PDH</em></h3>

<p>transfer mode in which the timing relationship of the corresponding significant instants of a signal is not limited</p>
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<h3>plesiochronous mode</h3>

<p>operational mode of the Clock Synchronization Unit (CLSU) in which it is not synchronised to any of the synchronisation signals, but maintains the clock frequency with the help of an internal oscillator</p>
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<h3>plesiochronous physical interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07938#id07938" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PDH physical interface</a></p>
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<h3>plesiochronous transmission</h3>

<p>data transmission in which the corresponding significant instants of signals occur at nominally the same rate, any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits</p>
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<h3>PLMN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03765#id03765" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public land mobile network</a></p>
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<h3>PLMN area</h3>

<p>geographical area in which one public land mobile network (PLMN) provides telecommunication services to mobile users</p>
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<h3>PLMN BCIE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014861#id014861" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PLMN bearer capability information element</a></p>
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<h3>PLMN bearer capability information element; <em>PLMN BCIE</em></h3>

<p>bearer capability information element from a mobile subscriber, including negotiable signalling parameters from the mobile station, as well as network-dependent data</p>
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<h3>PLMN index</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011088#id011088" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public land mobile network index</a></p>
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<h3>PLMN name</h3>

<p>symbolic name in the PLMN parameter file</p>
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<h3>PLMN operator; <em>public land mobile network operator</em></h3>

<p>network operator maintaining a public land mobile network (PLMN) and providing network services related to it</p>
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<h3>PLMR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05213#id05213" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See professional mobile radio</a></p>
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<h3>PLP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011835#id011835" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet level protocol</a></p>
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<h3>PLR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015230#id015230" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet loss ratio</a></p>
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<h3>PLT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0702#id0702" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pulse train</a></p>
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<h3>plug-in; <em>plug-in software</em>; <em>plug-in program</em></h3>

<p>add-on program that enhances the functions of browsers</p>
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<h3>plug-in program</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010711#id010711" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See plug-in</a></p>
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<h3>plug-in software</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010711#id010711" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See plug-in</a></p>
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<h3>plug-in unit; <em>slide in unit</em>; <em>PIU</em></h3>

<p>hardware product that contains electronic components and that can be connected to a cartridge, subrack, or to some other construction</p>
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<h3>plug-in unit diagnosis</h3>

<p>test executed to verify the functioning of a plug-in unit</p>
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<h3>pluggable authentication module; <em>PAM</em></h3>

<p>UNIX programming interface that enables the use of third-party security methods</p>
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<h3>PM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014357#id014357" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See policy manager</a></p>
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<h3>PM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05294#id05294" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance management</a></p>
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<h3>PM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07008#id07008" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See phase modulation</a></p>
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<h3>PM core</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021025#id021025" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance management core</a></p>
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<h3>PM data collection</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08466#id08466" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance management data collection</a></p>
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<h3>PM database</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08465#id08465" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance management database</a></p>
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<h3>PM metadata; <em>performance management metadata</em></h3>

<p>configuration data for performance management consisting of, for example, measurement or PM observation parameters and counter definitions, and rules for postprocessing, formatting, and transfer</p>
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<h3>PM observation; <em>performance management observation</em></h3>

<p>real-time and event-based observation of a resource</p>
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<h3>PM result file; <em>performance management result file</em></h3>

<p>file containing measurement data that is transferred to the operations support system (OSS)</p>
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<h3>PMA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016775#id016775" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See picture messaging application</a></p>
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<h3>PMBS-D</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010349#id010349" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet mode bearer service-D</a></p>
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<h3>PMD</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016393#id016393" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance management daemon</a></p>
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<h3>PMD</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09244#id09244" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical medium-dependent sublayer</a></p>
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<h3>PMDS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020489#id020489" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance management data summarisation</a></p>
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<h3>PMDS counter output interface</h3>

<p>interface via which the data vectors are forwarded as a single counter from performance management data summarisation (PMDS) to a process that can receive data through the particular counter interface</p>
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<h3>PMDS vector interface</h3>

<p>interface via which the data vectors are transferred between performance management data summarisation (PMDS) and a process that can receive data through the particular counter interface</p>
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<h3>PMF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019417#id019417" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See provisioning and management function</a></p>
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<h3>PMGMT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014645#id014645" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See parameter management</a></p>
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<h3>PMI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018765#id018765" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance management interface</a></p>
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<h3>PMIF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018765#id018765" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance management interface</a></p>
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<h3>PMR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05213#id05213" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See professional mobile radio</a></p>
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<h3>PMU test</h3>

<p>payphone monitor unit test in which payphone monitor timing logic (PMTL) plug-in unit is connected to internal loop</p>
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<h3>PMUI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021236#id021236" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See platform manager user interface</a></p>
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<h3>PN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04282#id04282" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See personal number</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PNCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08931#id08931" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet notification channel</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PNI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011905#id011905" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private numbering index</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PNI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015959#id015959" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presentation number indicator</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PNNI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09245#id09245" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private network node interface</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PNNI topology state element; <em>PTSE</em></h3>

<p>collection of private network node interface (PNNI) information that is flooded among all logical nodes within a peer group</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PNNI topology state packet; <em>PTSP</em></h3>

<p>private network node interface (PNNI) routing packet that is used for flooding PNNI topology state elements (PTSE) among logical nodes within a peer group</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PNP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05644#id05644" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private numbering plan</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PNP call</h3>

<p>call which is made by a PNP group member to a private number that is part of the private numbering plan (PNP) of the same group</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PNP group</h3>

<p>set of users who use the same private numbering plan</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PNP group without an escape code</h3>

<p>closed private numbering plan (PNP) group from which all calls outside the PNP are restricted</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PNS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011092#id011092" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See personal number service</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>POC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011248#id011248" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See radio frequency power control</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019323#id019323" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See push to talk over cellular</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PoC API; <em>RP18 interface</em>; <em>RP-18</em></h3>

<p>application programming interface (API) which connects the operator's customer care and billing system (CCB) to the PoC system and acts as a central point for managing PoC subscriptions</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC application server</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019967#id019967" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PoC register's application server</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC call</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020701#id020701" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See push to talk call</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC call processor; <em>push to talk call processor</em>; <em>PoC CP</em></h3>

<p>network element of the push to talk core network which enables push to talk over cellular (PoC) service by offering speech packet multiplication and forwarding, call processing, control, and management services</p>
</div>


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<h3>PoC call processor application measurement</h3>

<p>process of monitoring and measuring the use of push to talk over cellular (PoC) services</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC call processor intercollegiate interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019380#id019380" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See push to talk call processor intercollegiate interface</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>POC CDR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012113#id012113" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PSTN-originated call charging record</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC CDR</h3>

<p>charging record (CDR) that contains information about the services used in the PoC system and identifies the customer to be charged</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC charging</h3>

<p>charging for collecting data about the used resources and services in the push to talk core network to enable billing</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC client interface</h3>

<p>interface, which consists of push to talk over cellular (PoC) traffic and signalling interfaces, that is used for carrying data between PoC terminals and the PoC core network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC core network</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019354#id019354" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PoC system</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC CP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019367#id019367" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PoC call processor</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC network-to-network interface; <em>network-to-network interface</em>; <em>NNI</em></h3>

<p>network-network interface between a PoC call processor in an operator's PoC network and another PoC server in another operator's PoC network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC presence</h3>

<p>PoC-related presence information which the PoC server receives from the presence server and which indicates if the user is registered in the PoC system and the specific state of the user</p>
</div>


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<h3>PoC provisioning</h3>

<p>provisioning and management of PoC-related services and subscriptions in network elements that belong to the PoC system</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC provisioning interface; <em>provisioning interface</em></h3>

<p>application programming interface (API) that the push to talk register provides to enable the connection between the network operators' provisioning systems and the push to talk core network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC register; <em>push to talk register</em>; <em>PoC-R</em></h3>

<p>network element of the push to talk core network that provides an open application programming interface (API) towards provisioning tools and a centralised subscriber database for provisioning</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12972" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC register interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019379#id019379" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See push to talk register interface</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id019967" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC register's application server; <em>PoC application server</em>; <em>provisioning application server</em></h3>

<p>server in a PoC register that acts as the central master database for the PoC system, and distributes the provisioning data to the PoC call processors, authorization server (AuS), and address server (AdS)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC signalling interface</h3>

<p>push to talk over cellular (PoC) interface which is used to transfer session control data between PoC terminals and their assigned control plane servers in the PoC core network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC site</h3>

<p>site where the equipment necessary for transmitting the push to talk over cellular (PoC) traffic is installed</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC system</h3>

<p>core network which includes all the entities in the push to talk over cellular (PoC) user plane, control plane, management plane, and provisioning plane</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC traffic interface</h3>

<p>push to talk over cellular (PoC) interface which is used to transfer audio and control data between PoC terminals and their assigned user plane servers in the PoC core network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC URI</h3>

<p>SIP uniform resource identifier (URI) that a user, group, or folder has in the PoC system</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12979" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>PoC-R</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019368#id019368" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PoC register</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12980" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>POH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06605#id06605" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See path overhead</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12981" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>POI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06457#id06457" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point of initiation</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point co-ordination function; <em>PCF</em></h3>

<p>function of IEEE802.11 that can improve performance for certain types of data</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point code; <em>PC</em></h3>

<p>unique address code that identifies a network node in order to enable the SS7 network to route calls properly</p>
</div>


<a name="id09135" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point in association; <em>PIA</em></h3>

<p>detection point which represents the state of an association for the call unrelated interaction</p>
</div>


<a name="id05691" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point in call; <em>PIC</em></h3>

<p>phase in the basic call state model where the handling of a call can be interrupted momentarily or from which an advanced intelligent network (AIN) service can be activated</p>
</div>


<a name="id06457" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point of initiation; <em>POI</em></h3>

<p>functional interface between basic call processing and service logic over which service control is initiated</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12987" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point of presence</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010166#id010166" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-of-presence</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id06458" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point of return; <em>POR</em></h3>

<p>functional interface between basic call processing and service logic over which service control is returned</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-of-presence; <em>point of presence</em>; <em>POP</em></h3>

<p>city or location where a network connection can be established, either with PSTN or ISDN</p>
</div>


<a name="id09762" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-multipoint call</h3>

<p>call in which a root is connected to more than one leaf with point-to-multipoint connection</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12991" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-multipoint connection</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03627#id03627" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-multipoint ISDN connection</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-multipoint connection; <em>PTM</em></h3>

<p>unidirectional connection in which a single source end-system (known as a root) is connected to multiple destination end-systems (known as leaves)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-multipoint group call service; <em>PTM group call service</em>; <em>PTM group call</em>; <em>group call service</em>; <em>PTM-G</em></h3>

<p>point-to-multipoint service which allows the PTM messages to be received only by a specific subset of subscribers located in the area defined by the service requester</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-multipoint ISDN connection; <em>point-to-multipoint connection</em></h3>

<p>ISDN connection that is established between a single specified ISDN interface, and more than one other specified ISDN interface</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-multipoint multicast service; <em>PTM multicast service</em>; <em>PTM-M</em></h3>

<p>point-to-multipoint service in which the data is broadcasted throughout the whole defined geographical area</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-12996" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-multipoint server</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08939#id08939" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-multipoint service center</a></p>
</div>


<a name="id08935" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-multipoint service; <em>PTM service</em></h3>

<p>service which offers a subscriber an opportunity to send a message to multiple receivers with only one service request</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-multipoint service center; <em>point-to-multipoint server</em>; <em>PTM service centre</em>; <em>PTM-SC</em></h3>

<p>GPRS network element which is the access point to PTM (point-to-multipoint) services and the central element in the GPRS PTM system</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point; <em>PTP</em>; <em>PP</em></h3>

<p>value of a service attribute which denotes that the communication involves only two network terminations</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point circuit</h3>

<p>circuit with exactly two endpoints</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-13001" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point connection</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id01758#id01758" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-point ISDN connection</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point connection; <em>PTP</em></h3>

<p>connection established between only two end points</p>
</div>


<a name="id08941" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point connection oriented network service; <em>PTP connection oriented network service</em>; <em>PTP-CONS</em></h3>

<p>point-to-point service in which a switched virtual circuit is established between the subscribers and a logical relation between the packets is maintained</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point connectionless network service; <em>PTP connectionless network service</em>; <em>PTP-CLNS</em></h3>

<p>point-to-point service which allows one user to send single packets to another user</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point data link</h3>

<p>point-to-point connection from layer 2 of digital subscriber signalling system no. 1 (DSS 1)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point interface</h3>

<p>logical interface via which the packets are delivered to a single neighbour</p>
</div>


<a name="id01758" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point ISDN connection; <em>point-to-point connection</em></h3>

<p>ISDN connection that is established between two specified ISDN interfaces</p>
</div>


<a name="id09473" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point protocol; <em>PPP</em></h3>

<p>TCP/IP remote access protocol used to transmit network layer datagrams (for example, IP packets) over serial point-to-point links</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point service; <em>PTP service</em></h3>

<p>service in which the data is sent from a single network termination to another network termination</p>
</div>


<a name="id05786" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point short message service; <em>SMS point-to-point</em>; <em>SMS/PP</em></h3>

<p>service where short messages can be sent from one mobile station (MS) to another</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>point-to-point tunnelling protocol; <em>PPTP</em></h3>

<p>protocol for virtual private networks in which some nodes of a local area network are connected through the Internet</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pointer</h3>

<p>variable whose value is an address</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pointer; <em>PTR</em></h3>

<p>structural part of a signal used to locate the information-carrying bits of the signal</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pointer; <em>mouse pointer</em></h3>

<p>small graphic in a graphical user interface which shows the location on the screen where the next operation can be performed and often also the function running on a computer, or its state</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pointer generation</h3>

<p>function of the transmitting end, in which a pointer is generated to point to a Virtual Container floating in the SDH frame payload</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pointer interpretation</h3>

<p>function of the receiving end, indicating the location of the incoming Virtual Container in the SDH frame</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pointer justification count; <em>PJC</em></h3>

<p>performance monitoring parameter in SDH, indicating the number of times that the pointer has been incremented or decremented since the counter was last reset</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pointer justification event; <em>PJE</em></h3>

<p>inversion of the I- or D-bits of the pointer, together with an increment or decrement of the pointer value to signify a frequency justification opportunity</p>
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<h3>pointer processing</h3>

<p>function by means of which a pointer is generated or interpreted</p>
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<h3>pointer variable</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02442#id02442" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pointer</a></p>
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<h3>pointing device</h3>

<p>device that is used to indicate a location on the screen</p>
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<h3>polarisation diversity; <em>polarization diversity /US/</em></h3>

<p>equipment and propagation protection in which the information is transmitted and received using both vertically and horizontally polarised radio waves</p>
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<h3>polarity reversal</h3>

<p>reversal of conductor polarities in order to transmit signalling related information</p>
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<h3>polarization diversity /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06201#id06201" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See polarisation diversity</a></p>
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<h3>policing; <em>dropping</em>; <em>packet dropping</em></h3>

<p>process of discarding packets within a traffic stream in accordance with the state of a corresponding meter, enforcing a traffic profile</p>
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<h3>policing; <em>traffic policing</em></h3>

<p>set of actions taken by the network to monitor and control traffic</p>
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<h3>policy access point; <em>PAP</em></h3>

<p>access point that creates policies and makes them available to the policy decision points</p>
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<h3>policy client</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015248#id015248" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See policy enforcement point</a></p>
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<h3>policy control function</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015247#id015247" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See policy decision point</a></p>
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<h3>policy decision function; <em>PDF</em></h3>

<p>logical policy decision element which uses standard IP mechanisms to implement service-based local policy (SBLP) in the IP bearer layer</p>
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<h3>policy decision point; <em>policy control function</em>; <em>PDP</em>; <em>PCF</em></h3>

<p>software process that functions as a policy server and translator for the policy enforcement points under its scope of control</p>
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<h3>policy enforcement function; <em>PEF</em></h3>

<p>function that includes policy-based admission control for policing packet flow into the IP network, and a gate function for restricting the Internet protocol (IP) destinations that may be reached from or through a PDP context</p>
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<h3>policy enforcement point; <em>policy client</em>; <em>PEP</em></h3>

<p>function that is part of a network element that must implement the policies defined by the policy administration systems</p>
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<h3>policy information base; <em>PIB</em></h3>

<p>database that contains the policy information that is pushed from the policy decision point (PDP) to the policy enforcement point (PEP) for providing policy, or sent to the PDP from the PEP as a notification</p>
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<h3>policy management</h3>

<p>management of policies as distinct entities</p>
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<h3>policy management system</h3>

<p>management system which implements policies in the managed network by converting the policy rules into configuration data to be downloaded to network elements</p>
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<h3>policy manager; <em>PM</em></h3>

<p>manager that maintains and enforces the security policy of the host by making security policy decisions on behalf of the IPsec engine and by invoking the key exchange protocol (IKE) to establish security associations with other hosts when needed</p>
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<h3>policy server</h3>

<p>server in which the policy information bases (PIB) are maintained, providing policy management for IP services</p>
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<h3>policy-based management</h3>

<p>in computing, management of a system, network, or workstation with multiple users, through the use of policies</p>
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<h3>polling</h3>

<p>method where a computer asks other computers for information</p>
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<h3>polling device</h3>

<p>device used to collect status messages of an input line, sensor, or memory location to see if a particular event has occurred</p>
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<h3>polling interval</h3>

<p>time period during which the NMS reads the data files in the selected nodes</p>
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<h3>polymorphism</h3>

<p>ability, due to inheritance, of a managed object instance to behave either as an instance of its own class, or an instance of any of its superclasses</p>
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<h3>polyphonic tone</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019191#id019191" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See MIDI tone</a></p>
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<h3>pool agent</h3>

<p>centralised management of ticket pools for the cluster nodes to balance the load</p>
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<h3>pool area</h3>

<p>area within which a mobile station may roam without the need to change the serving core network (CN) node</p>
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<h3>POP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010166#id010166" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-of-presence</a></p>
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<h3>POP; <em>post office protocol</em></h3>

<p>message access protocol which allows a user's workstation to access mail from a mailbox server</p>
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<h3>POR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06458#id06458" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point of return</a></p>
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<h3>port</h3>

<p>transport layer demultiplexing value which is used to distinguish among multiple destinations within a given host computer</p>
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<h3>port</h3>

<p>identified message queue in ChorusOS</p>
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<h3>port address translation; <em>port-level NAT</em>; <em>PAT</em></h3>

<p>logical extension of the network address translation (NAT) which allows for the use of a single IP address to present multiple services on different internal IP addresses to an exterior network</p>
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<h3>port filter</h3>

<p>method of selecting which types of frames will be forwarded</p>
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<h3>port group; <em>multicast port</em></h3>

<p>port to which multiple other ports can be attached</p>
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<h3>port service</h3>

<p>Chorus computing platform service allowing applications to declare their unique port identifiers to the Port Name Server for Chorus Environment (PNSERV), which stores them in the port name table</p>
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<h3>port-based classification</h3>

<p>packet classification which is based on the physical interface from which the packets originate</p>
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<h3>port-based network access control</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016933#id016933" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See 802.1X</a></p>
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<h3>port-level NAT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016883#id016883" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See port address translation</a></p>
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<h3>portability</h3>

<p>ability of software or a file format to be used on a platform that is different from the platform it was originally designed for, and to be compiled with a new compiler</p>
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<h3>portability domain</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013163#id013163" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See number portability domain</a></p>
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<h3>portable code</h3>

<p>code which can be run on different platforms or compiled with different compilers</p>
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<h3>portable number range</h3>

<p>number range which defines the mobile subscriber international ISDN numbers (lMSISDN) that are portable between networks</p>
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<h3>portable operating system interface for UNIX; <em>portable operating system interface X</em>; <em>POSIX</em></h3>

<p>UNIX-based standard operating system interface to user-created application programs that runs on all vendor equipment and is based on a set of open standards</p>
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<h3>portable operating system interface X</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09892#id09892" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See portable operating system interface for UNIX</a></p>
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<h3>portable script logic</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017036#id017036" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See portable service logic</a></p>
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<h3>portable service logic; <em>portable script logic</em>; <em>PSL</em></h3>

<p>service logic that implements the portable services</p>
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<h3>portal</h3>

<p>network service which provides access to several other services in addition to its own services</p>
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<h3>ported number</h3>

<p>subscriber number or a PBX number that has been transferred from one exchange to another exchange, because the customer has changed to a new operator or location</p>
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<h3>ported subscriber</h3>

<p>subscriber of a ported number</p>
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<h3>ported-in subscriber</h3>

<p>subscriber who has ported into the recipient network or exchange</p>
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<h3>ported-out subscriber</h3>

<p>subscriber who has ported out of the donor network or exchange</p>
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<h3>porting process</h3>

<p>process of describing the transfer of a number between network operators</p>
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<h3>portrait page</h3>

<p>page written or displayed so that the text is parallel with the shorter side of the page</p>
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<h3>POS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013781#id013781" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet over SONET</a></p>
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<h3>POS interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014863#id014863" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet over SONET interface</a></p>
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<h3>position based services in BSC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010448#id010448" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See location service in BSC</a></p>
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<h3>position calculation application part; <em>PCAP</em></h3>

<p>protocol that provides the signalling services between a radio network controller (RNC) and a stand-alone A-GPS SMLC (SAS)</p>
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<h3>position defined parameter</h3>

<p>parameter which is identified by its location</p>
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<h3>position determination entity</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019737#id019737" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See position-determining equipment</a></p>
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<h3>position determination equipment</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019737#id019737" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See position-determining equipment</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>position determination timer; <em>POST timer</em>; <em>POST</em></h3>

<p>timer with a value that determines the maximum period of time that a call will be held up</p>
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<h3>position estimate</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013126#id013126" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See location estimate</a></p>
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<h3>position number</h3>

<p>internal number based on the hardware structure of the exchange which gives the location of the subscriber terminal connection in the equipment. The driver usually carries out the functions on the subscriber terminal according to the position number</p>
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<h3>position number analysis</h3>

<p>analysis of the last numbers of a directory number of an subscriber to determine the position number</p>
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<h3>position, velocity, and time; <em>PVT</em></h3>

<p>three-dimensional position information of a user, including information of velocity and time, determined by the GPS receiver or user equipment</p>
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<h3>position-determining entity</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019737#id019737" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See position-determining equipment</a></p>
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<h3>position-determining equipment; <em>position-determining entity</em>; <em>PDE</em></h3>

<p>network equipment that determines the location of a wireless device through an existing wireless public network</p>
</div>


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<h3>positioned channel</h3>

<p>channel that occupies bit positions which form a fixed periodic pattern (for example, B-, H- and D- channels in ISDN user network interfaces)</p>
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<h3>positioned interface structure</h3>

<p>structure in which all services and signalling are provided by positioned channels</p>
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<h3>positioning; <em>locationing</em></h3>

<p>procedure of finding out the location of a mobile device</p>
</div>


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<h3>positioning determination entity</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019737#id019737" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See position-determining equipment</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>positioning determination equipment</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019737#id019737" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See position-determining equipment</a></p>
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<h3>positive acknowledgement; <em>acknowledgement</em>; <em>ACK</em></h3>

<p>message which indicates the correct transfer of message signal units</p>
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<h3>positive justification</h3>

<p>method of justification in which the digit time-slots used to convey a digital signal have a digit rate that is always higher than the digit rate of that original signal</p>
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<h3>positive pulse stuffing</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0624#id0624" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See positive justification</a></p>
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<h3>positive stuffing</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0624#id0624" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See positive justification</a></p>
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<h3>positive-zero-negative pulse stuffing</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0623#id0623" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See positive/zero/negative justification</a></p>
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<h3>positive/zero/negative justification</h3>

<p>method of justification in which the digit time-slots used to convey a digital signal have a digit rate that may be higher than, the same as, or lower than the digit rate of the original signal. Information which facilitates the recovery of the original digits which are conveyed by means of the justification service digits. Usually the digit time-slots used to convey a digital signal have the same nominal digit rate as the original signal</p>
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<h3>POSIX</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09892#id09892" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See portable operating system interface for UNIX</a></p>
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<h3>POST</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015980#id015980" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See position determination timer</a></p>
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<h3>post district</h3>

<p>group of post offices with the same name, operating within different computers and communicating with each other through a common bus</p>
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<h3>post office</h3>

<p>process family which handles message traffic between computers</p>
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<h3>post office protocol</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017789#id017789" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See POP</a></p>
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<h3>POST timer</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015980#id015980" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See position determination timer</a></p>
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<h3>post-announcement</h3>

<p>audible tone or announcement given in the post-announcement phase following the actual announcement</p>
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<h3>post-dialing /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0321#id0321" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See post-dialling</a></p>
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<h3>post-dialing delay /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04825#id04825" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See post-dialling delay</a></p>
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<h3>post-dialling; <em>post-dialing /US/</em></h3>

<p>dialling which is performed after the actual dialling and used for transmitting additional information to a device located outside the telephone network and requiring the use of numbers</p>
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<h3>post-dialling delay; <em>post-dialing delay /US/</em></h3>

<p>time interval between the end of dialling by the user and the user receiving the appropriate tone or recorded announcement, or abandoning the call without a tone</p>
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<h3>post-login WAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019216#id019216" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See postlogin WAP</a></p>
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<h3>post-login web</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019217#id019217" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See postlogin web</a></p>
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<h3>post-paid adapter</h3>

<p>software component of the delivery server which integrates the delivery server to the Nokia Charging Center (NCC)</p>
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<h3>post-paid billing; <em>postpaid billing</em></h3>

<p>billing arrangement between a customer and the operator or service provider where the customer periodically receives a bill for service usage in the past period</p>
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<h3>post-paid charging</h3>

<p>charging method where information about a call or data transmission is collected once it has been completed</p>
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<h3>post-paid customer</h3>

<p>customer who is charged using post-paid payment</p>
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<h3>post-paid interface; <em>billing interface</em>; <em>BI</em></h3>

<p>charging interface towards the post-paid billing system</p>
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<h3>post-paid payment</h3>

<p>payment method where the billing of the subscriber is done based on the charging records that are post-processed in the billing system</p>
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<h3>post-processing</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09050#id09050" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See billing centre</a></p>
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<h3>post-processing system</h3>

<p>computer system outside the DX 200 network element that collects, receives, and handles data which has been output from the network element</p>
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<h3>post-processing system</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09050#id09050" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See billing centre</a></p>
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<h3>postlogin WAP; <em>postlogin WAP page</em>; <em>post-login WAP</em></h3>

<p>WAP page that provides services available after login</p>
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<h3>postlogin WAP page</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019216#id019216" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See postlogin WAP</a></p>
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<h3>postlogin web; <em>postlogin web page</em>; <em>post-login web</em></h3>

<p>web page that provides services available after login</p>
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<h3>postlogin web page</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019217#id019217" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See postlogin web</a></p>
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<h3>postmaster</h3>

<p>master of the post office</p>
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<h3>postmaster</h3>

<p>person in charge of the maintenance of the e-mail system of an organisation</p>
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<h3>postpaid billing</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019452#id019452" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See post-paid billing</a></p>
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<h3>POTS splitter</h3>

<p>passive/active filter that separates voice traffic from data traffic</p>
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<h3>power budget; <em>PBGT</em></h3>

<p>criterion in a handover procedure according to which handover is initiated to maintain acceptable signal strengths and power levels</p>
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<h3>power control</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011248#id011248" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See radio frequency power control</a></p>
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<h3>power setting</h3>

<p>value of the control signal which determines the desired transmitter output power</p>
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<h3>power system management; <em>PSM</em></h3>

<p>system which enables users to control the power supply of a network element either locally or remotely</p>
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<h3>power system management node manager; <em>power system manager</em>; <em>PSMMan</em></h3>

<p>Windows-based application that is used to control the power system management (PSM) elements of the system</p>
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<h3>power system manager</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013844#id013844" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See power system management node manager</a></p>
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<h3>PP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012869#id012869" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-point</a></p>
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<h3>PP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05467#id05467" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical plane</a></p>
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<h3>PPA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07936#id07936" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PDH path adaptation</a></p>
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<h3>PPCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08932#id08932" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet paging channel</a></p>
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<h3>PPD</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09750#id09750" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See partial packet discard</a></p>
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<h3>PPF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010007#id010007" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See paging proceed flag</a></p>
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<h3>PPG</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016776#id016776" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See push proxy gateway</a></p>
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<h3>PPI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07938#id07938" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PDH physical interface</a></p>
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<h3>PPP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09473#id09473" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-point protocol</a></p>
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<h3>PPP authentication protocol; <em>PAP</em></h3>

<p>protocol which is used for accomplishing authentication for the point-to-point protocol (PPP)</p>
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<h3>PPP compression control protocol; <em>compression control protocol</em>; <em>CCP</em></h3>

<p>protocol that configures, enables, and disables data compression algorithms at both ends of the point-to- point data link, and signals about failure of the compression/decompression mechanism in a reliable manner</p>
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<h3>PPP encapsulation</h3>

<p>multiplexing of different network-layer protocols simultaneously over the same link that the point-to- point protocol (PPP) provides</p>
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<h3>PPP multilink</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015254#id015254" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PPP multilink protocol</a></p>
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<h3>PPP multilink protocol; <em>multilink point-to-point protocol</em>; <em>PPP multilink</em>; <em>MP</em></h3>

<p>protocol that can be used for splitting, recombining, and sequencing datagrams across multiple logical data links</p>
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<h3>PPS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019720#id019720" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See precise positioning service</a></p>
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<h3>PPSMI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013884#id013884" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See prepaid SMI</a></p>
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<h3>PPT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07937#id07937" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PDH path termination</a></p>
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<h3>PPTP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010167#id010167" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-point tunnelling protocol</a></p>
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<h3>PQ</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015257#id015257" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See priority queuing</a></p>
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<h3>PR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019723#id019723" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pseudo-range</a></p>
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<h3>PrA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019427#id019427" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presumed abort protocol</a></p>
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<h3>PRA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04793#id04793" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary rate access</a></p>
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<h3>PRACH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08933#id08933" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet random access channel</a></p>
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<h3>PRACK</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014064#id014064" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See provisional acknowledgement</a></p>
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<h3>Practical Extraction and Report Language</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021238#id021238" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Perl programming language</a></p>
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<h3>Practical Extraction and Reporting Language</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021238#id021238" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Perl programming language</a></p>
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<h3>PRBS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06937#id06937" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pseudo-random binary sequence</a></p>
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<h3>PRC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017151#id017151" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See provisioning class</a></p>
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<h3>PrC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019428#id019428" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presumed commit protocol</a></p>
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<h3>PRC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07868#id07868" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary reference clock</a></p>
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<h3>PRE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08473#id08473" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary rate equipment</a></p>
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<h3>pre-announcement; <em>pre-connection announcement</em></h3>

<p>audible tone or announcement preceding the actual announcement</p>
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<h3>pre-boot</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09913#id09913" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See boot loading</a></p>
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<h3>pre-configured group; <em>provisioned group</em></h3>

<p>talk group which is primarily intended for enterprise users and is usually pre-configured by the network operator for the use of a specific group of people</p>
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<h3>pre-connection announcement</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09137#id09137" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pre-announcement</a></p>
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<h3>pre-emphasis; <em>pre-equalisation</em></h3>

<p>process designed to increase the magnitude of some frequency components in a system with respect to the magnitude of others in order to reduce adverse effects, such as noise, in subsequent parts of the system</p>
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<h3>pre-emption</h3>

<p>procedure by which a call with higher priority can cause the release or handover of an ongoing call with lower priority</p>
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<h3>pre-emptive speech item</h3>

<p>speech item which always has the highest priority and thus overrides all other traffic in a group</p>
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<h3>pre-equalisation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0167#id0167" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pre-emphasis</a></p>
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<h3>pre-login WAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019218#id019218" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See prelogin WAP</a></p>
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<h3>pre-warming</h3>

<p>application-level tasks executed by the spare unit's processes before the actual warm-up phase of a controlled N+1 switchover</p>
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<h3>Preactive state</h3>

<p>state of the prepaid account when the prepaid expiry service is provisioned</p>
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<h3>preanalysis</h3>

<p>function that extracts the logical parts of the address information</p>
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<h3>prearranged end</h3>

<p>closing of dialogue between the service switching function (SSF) and the service control function (SCF) when a set of end conditions are met in the SSF</p>
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<h3>preboot</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09913#id09913" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See boot loading</a></p>
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<h3>preboot execution environment; <em>PXE</em></h3>

<p>industry standard client-server interface that allows networked computers that are not yet loaded with an operating system to be configured and booted remotely by an administrator</p>
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<h3>precedence class</h3>

<p>quality of service parameter defined for each PDP context, which specifies three service classes to indicate the relative importance of maintaining the service commitments under abnormal conditions, for example, when network is congested or has limited resources available</p>
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<h3>precipitation attenuation; <em>rain attenuation</em></h3>

<p>loss in electromagnetic energy by scattering, refraction, and absorption during passage through a volume of the atmosphere containing precipitation in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet</p>
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<h3>precise positioning service; <em>PPS</em></h3>

<p>accurate positioning, velocity, and timing service which is available on a continuous, worldwide basis to authorised GPS users</p>
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<h3>precision</h3>

<p>ability to maintain stability and accuracy within a particular timekeeping system</p>
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<h3>precision code; <em>P-code</em></h3>

<p>pseudonoise code modulated on the GPS carrier, which repeats about every 267 days</p>
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<h3>predefined data types</h3>

<p>predefined names for data type generators</p>
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<h3>predefined dial-out group</h3>

<p>dial-out group for which the list of members has to be stored in the network beforehand</p>
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<h3>predictive maintenance</h3>

<p>that part of maintenance in which is determined which parts or components should be replaced and when according to the real-time information that the equipment provides</p>
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<h3>predictive service</h3>

<p>service which allows a specified variance in the measured performance criteria</p>
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<h3>predictive text input; <em>T9 text input</em>; <em>T9</em></h3>

<p>software that enables users to easily enter text into small devices with limited size keyboards, like mobile phones</p>
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<h3>predictor</h3>

<p>device that provides an estimated value of a sampled signal derived from previous samples of the same signal or from a quantised version of those samples</p>
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<h3>preference</h3>

<p>data maintained by a subscriber to be passed to applications in order to reduce data input during service use</p>
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<h3>preferential access</h3>

<p>network controlled function which enables the localised service area (LSA) to allocate resources at call set-up and during the active mode, preferring the LSA users to all other users</p>
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<h3>preferential CUG</h3>

<p>default closed user group, nominated by a user belonging to several closed user groups (CUG), which the network uses when no closed user group or explicit outgoing access request is received</p>
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<h3>preferred CG</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011633#id011633" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See preferred charging gateway</a></p>
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<h3>preferred charging gateway; <em>preferred CG</em></h3>

<p>charging gateway to which the gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) suggests the SGSN CDR packets to be sent</p>
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<h3>preferred inter-exchange carrier; <em>PIC</em></h3>

<p>carrier identification code (CIC) identifying the preferred network operator of a mobile subscriber to be used in a long-distance call</p>
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<h3>preferred link characteristics; <em>PLC</em></h3>

<p>parameter which gives an indication that the link characteristics shall be set as indicated in this parameter if modification of the link characteristics is permitted</p>
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<h3>prefix</h3>

<p>subscriber's own site code which is used in front of the calling subscriber number</p>
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<h3>prefix</h3>

<p>in the context of short message service, the first digits in a destination subscriber number of a short message which are used to determine the correct short message service centre(SMSC) address inside a mobile services switching centre (MSC)</p>
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<h3>prefix discovery</h3>

<p>mechanism that the neighbour discovery protocol (NDP) defines for the hosts to discover the set of address prefixes that define which destinations are on-link for an attached link</p>
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<h3>prelogin WAP; <em>prelogin WAP page</em>; <em>pre-login WAP</em></h3>

<p>WAP page that provides services that do not require registration</p>
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<h3>prelogin WAP page</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019218#id019218" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See prelogin WAP</a></p>
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<h3>premature clearing</h3>

<p>release phase of the call initiated by the calling or called user before the call has reached the active call state</p>
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<h3>premature release probability; <em>cut-off call probability</em></h3>

<p>probability that an established connection will be released for a reason other than intentionally by any of the parties involved in the call</p>
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<h3>premises security</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015455#id015455" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See security of the premises</a></p>
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<h3>premium rate; <em>premium rate service</em>; <em>dial-it service /US/</em>; <em>PRM</em></h3>

<p>telecommunication service whereby a subscriber can be allocated a special number and calls to this number are charged to the caller at special rates to cover the price of the call and the price of the service</p>
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<h3>premium rate call</h3>

<p>telecommunication service which has tariff comparable to or exceeding the international call rates</p>
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<h3>premium rate service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04632#id04632" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See premium rate</a></p>
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<h3>premium user</h3>

<p>user of a network who has priority in session set-up when the network is heavily loaded, and whose data has priority over normal and low-end users</p>
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<h3>prepaid account; <em>account</em></h3>

<p>record in which the credit of the subscriber is stored</p>
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<h3>prepaid call</h3>

<p>call that uses the prepaid service</p>
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<h3>prepaid calling time</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011914#id011914" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See prepaid credit</a></p>
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<h3>prepaid CDR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011636#id011636" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See prepaid charging record</a></p>
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<h3>prepaid charging</h3>

<p>charging where the subscriber pays a certain sum in advance, and the account is charged in real time</p>
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<h3>prepaid charging interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013883#id013883" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See OSC interface</a></p>
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<h3>prepaid charging record; <em>prepaid CDR</em></h3>

<p>charging record that contains information on prepaid calls which is marked with the charging characteristics field so that it can be singled out for special treatment in other network elements</p>
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<h3>prepaid credit; <em>credit</em>; <em>prepaid calling time</em></h3>

<p>sum of money that the subscriber has paid in advance for calls</p>
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<h3>prepaid customer</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011941#id011941" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See prepaid subscriber</a></p>
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<h3>prepaid expiry</h3>

<p>feature related to prepaid services, with which the credit period and the subscription period of a prepaid subscriber can be limited</p>
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<h3>prepaid group</h3>

<p>group whose members have the same group prepaid service and can call inside and outside the group using the same prepaid account</p>
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<h3>prepaid interface</h3>

<p>charging interface towards the prepaid system</p>
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<h3>prepaid message</h3>

<p>message charged from a prepaid account</p>
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<h3>prepaid payment</h3>

<p>payment method where the subscriber pays a certain sum in advance and the account is charged during the call</p>
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<h3>prepaid profile</h3>

<p>subscriber profile that consists of a deposit function, expiry function and account maximum</p>
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<h3>prepaid roaming</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012115#id012115" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See roaming prepaid service</a></p>
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<h3>prepaid server</h3>

<p>server where the charging records (CDR) of prepaid subscribers are delivered via the charging gateway (CG)</p>
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<h3>prepaid service</h3>

<p>IN supported service where the subscriber pays a certain sum in advance and the account is charged on-line during the calls</p>
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<h3>prepaid service management interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013884#id013884" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See prepaid SMI</a></p>
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<h3>prepaid SMI; <em>prepaid service management interface</em>; <em>PPSMI</em></h3>

<p>application programming interface (API) that is an extension to the service management interface (SMI), used for prepaid and prepaid expiry subscriber and subscriptionmanagement and for recharging prepaid accounts</p>
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<h3>prepaid SMI interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013884#id013884" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See prepaid SMI</a></p>
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<h3>prepaid subscriber; <em>prepaid customer</em></h3>

<p>subscriber that uses prepaid payment as the payment method and has an account</p>
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<h3>prepaid subscription</h3>

<p>subscription in which the subscriber pays a certain sum in advance to the account which is charged in real time during the calls</p>
</div>


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<h3>prepaid system</h3>

<p>service centre system which contains prepaid account data</p>
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<h3>prepay credit</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011914#id011914" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See prepaid credit</a></p>
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<h3>preprocessor</h3>

<p>microprocessor-based interface unit which performs the strictly real-time preprocessing and post-processing of data instead of a main processor</p>
</div>


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<h3>preprocessor platform</h3>

<p>platform running in the preprocessor and offering some of the services of the computing platform</p>
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<h3>preprocessor PROM</h3>

<p>programmable read-only-memory containing the preprocessor unit program</p>
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<h3>presence attribute; <em>PA</em></h3>

<p>piece of presence information intended for the user or meta-information for machine-to-machine communication between the publishing client and receiving clients</p>
</div>


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<h3>presence attribute list; <em>attribute list</em></h3>

<p>set of presence attributes used when requesting presence information and performing presence authorisation</p>
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<h3>presence authorisation</h3>

<p>process in which the presence server user authorises presence attributes to other users</p>
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<h3>presence data</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017078#id017078" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presence information</a></p>
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<h3>presence enabled terminal</h3>

<p>mobile terminal that is both capable of presenting presence information and can be used to update the owner's presence information</p>
</div>


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<h3>presence enhanced phonebook</h3>

<p>application in the presence enabled terminal which allows the user to view someone else's presence information using the mobile device's phonebook</p>
</div>


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<h3>presence extension attribute</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019707#id019707" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See extension attribute</a></p>
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<h3>presence information; <em>presence data</em>; <em>presence status</em></h3>

<p>collection of presence attributes which the presence server gathers and distributes</p>
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<h3>presence notification; <em>presence update notification</em></h3>

<p>notification that the presence server sends to the presence subscribers when the presence publisher changes his presence information</p>
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<h3>presence profile</h3>

<p>dynamic profile of the user, which is visible to others and used to represent the user, and which shares information and control services</p>
</div>


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<h3>presence publisher; <em>publisher</em></h3>

<p>user of the presence service who is allowed to publish and update his presence status, and control the availability of presence information to others</p>
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<h3>presence request</h3>

<p>request made by an end user to get someone else's presence information updated</p>
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<h3>presence server; <em>PS</em></h3>

<p>server software product that stores and distributes presence information between mobile terminals and enables the usage of presence enhanced phonebook application in terminals.</p>
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<h3>presence status</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017078#id017078" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presence information</a></p>
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<h3>presence status fetch</h3>

<p>basic function of the presence server that is used for a one-time enquiry of the presence status of another user</p>
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<h3>presence subscription</h3>

<p>function of the presence server which allows the user to subscribe to a certain number of people, whose presence information is then dynamically updated for the user</p>
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<h3>presence update</h3>

<p>basic presence server function which updates presence information for those who have subscribed to it</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>presence update notification</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017101#id017101" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presence notification</a></p>
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<h3>presence web services interface; <em>presence WSI</em></h3>

<p>web services interface for applications to access and use presence services</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>presence WSI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019698#id019698" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presence web services interface</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>presentation address</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011896#id011896" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presentation service access point</a></p>
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<h3>presentation context</h3>

<p>association of an abstract syntax with a transfer syntax</p>
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<h3>presentation function; <em>PF</em></h3>

<p>functional component which performs the general operations to translate the information held in the TMN information model to a displayable format for the human-machine interface, and vice versa</p>
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<h3>presentation indicator; <em>PI</em></h3>

<p>indicator which provides instructions on whether or not the provided connected line identity is allowed to be presented, or indicates that the number is not available</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>presentation layer</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019200#id019200" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See UI layer</a></p>
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<h3>presentation layer</h3>

<p>layer 6 within the OSI model including data formatting and code conversion</p>
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<h3>presentation number indicator; <em>PNI</em></h3>

<p>indicator of the network message which indicates whether a presentation number is available or not</p>
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<h3>presentation portal</h3>

<p>portal that promotes content to the end user</p>
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<h3>presentation service</h3>

<p>portal that promotes content to the end-user and requests download work orders to Nokia Delivery Server (DLS)</p>
</div>


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<h3>presentation service access point; <em>presentation address</em>; <em>PSAP</em></h3>

<p>service access point (network address) which constitutes of network service access point (NSAP) together with the T-, S-, and P-selectors</p>
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<h3>preshared key; <em>preshared secret key</em>; <em>PSK</em></h3>

<p>shared private key that is used for proof of identity or group membership</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>preshared secret key</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015255#id015255" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See preshared key</a></p>
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<h3>presumed abort protocol; <em>PrA</em></h3>

<p>variant of the two-phase commit protocol (2PC) designed to reduce the cost associated with aborting transactions</p>
</div>


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<h3>presumed commit protocol; <em>PrC</em></h3>

<p>variant of the two-phase commit protocol (2PC) designed to reduce the cost associated with committing transactions</p>
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<h3>presumed nothing protocol</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017226#id017226" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See two-phase commit protocol</a></p>
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<h3>presynch</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09246#id09246" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presynch state</a></p>
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<h3>presynch state; <em>presynch</em></h3>

<p>part of cell delineation process, in which the header error control (HEC) value is calculated and checked cell-by-cell</p>
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<h3>Pretty Good Privacy; <em>PGP</em></h3>

<p>public key cryptography for secure electronic mail and file encryption</p>
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<h3>prevention rule</h3>

<p>rule which determines the notice, the observation hypothesis or the fault hypothesis to be prevented in case of an other notice, observation hypothesis or fault hypothesis having been confirmed</p>
</div>


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<h3>preventive cyclic retransmission error control method</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02945#id02945" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See preventive cyclic retransmission method</a></p>
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<h3>preventive cyclic retransmission method; <em>preventive cyclic retransmission error control method</em>; <em>PCR</em></h3>

<p>noncompelled, positive acknowledgement, cyclic retransmission forward error correction system</p>
</div>


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<h3>preventive maintenance</h3>

<p>that part of maintenance carried out at predetermined intervals or according to prescribed criteria and intended to reduce the probability of failure or the degradation of the functioning of an item</p>
</div>


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<h3>preventive state</h3>

<p>load control state in which load control (LC) initiates load control actions to decrease the cell load back to the normal level based on the operator-defined threshold values</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>previous generation pool</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011008#id011008" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See COCA-controlled pool</a></p>
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<h3>PRI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id01217#id01217" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See priority</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PRI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017152#id017152" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See provisioning instance</a></p>
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<h3>PRI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04793#id04793" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary rate access</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PRI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09138#id09138" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See priority indicator</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PRI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09260#id09260" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary rate interface</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>price plan; <em>tariff plan</em></h3>

<p>plan that defines the services which are offered, establishes a pay rate, and defines the general obligations of the customer and the network operator</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PRid</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015243#id015243" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See physical resource identifier</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PRID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018504#id018504" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See provisioning instance identifier</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>primary access</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04793#id04793" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary rate access</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>primary address</h3>

<p>address which is previously selected for transmission from the set of destination addresses</p>
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<h3>primary attribute</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08806#id08806" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See origin attribute</a></p>
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<h3>primary block</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0591#id0591" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary PCM group</a></p>
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<h3>primary CCPCH</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013517#id013517" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary common control physical channel</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>primary CG</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011638#id011638" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary charging gateway</a></p>
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<h3>primary charging gateway; <em>default charging gateway</em>; <em>primary CG</em>; <em>default CG</em></h3>

<p>charging gateway which is in the highest position with operational status and where mobility management charging record, S-SMO-CDR and S-SMT-CDRs are always sent and where the SGSN charging records are sent if the preferred CG does not exist</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary charging index</h3>

<p>index included in the primary routing alternative which is received from the destination and which, together with the charging origin, determines the charging for the connection</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary common control physical channel; <em>primary CCPCH</em>; <em>PCCPCH</em>; <em>P-CCPCH</em></h3>

<p>common control physical channel that has a fixed predefined rate (32 kbps) and is continuously transmitted over the entire cell</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary configuration settings</h3>

<p>settings that the operator uses to group together all corresponding configuration parameters of usage, and to associate the configuration parameters with a common group of users</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary copy</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04574#id04574" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary copy of a file</a></p>
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<h3>primary copy of a file; <em>primary copy</em>; <em>database primary copy</em></h3>

<p>database file located in the main unit</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary digital group</h3>

<p>assembly, by digital multiplexing, of digital signals occupying a specified number of channel time-slots to form a composite signal having a digit rate of 2048 Kbit/s or 1544 Kbit/s</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary group</h3>

<p>in push to talk over cellular (PoC), an attached group which is the only one a user can talk to</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>primary line</h3>

<p>original or main subscription of the alternate line service (ALS) subscriber</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary logical address</h3>

<p>logical address seen by the message receiver as the computer of the message sender</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>primary logical file</h3>

<p>logical file that is backed up</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary mouse button</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07687#id07687" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See mouse button</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>primary MSISDN</h3>

<p>mobile subscriber international ISDN number (MSISDN) which is marked as the primary number of the subscriber in the home location register (HLR)</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary multiplex equipment</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06123#id06123" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary multiplexer</a></p>
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<h3>primary multiplexer; <em>primary multiplex equipment</em></h3>

<p>multiplex equipment which combines a number of channel signals into and separates them from one 2048 kbit/s signal</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary operation</h3>

<p>operation that belongs to the most important operations of the application</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary PCM group</h3>

<p>assembly, by time division multiplexing, of PCM signals occupying a specified number of channel time slots to form a composite signal having a digit rate of 1544 kBbt/s or 2048 kBit/s, in both directions of transmission</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary rate access; <em>PRA</em></h3>

<p>2 Mbit/s interface which implements a 30B+D channel structure</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary rate equipment; <em>PRE</em></h3>

<p>network elements that are based on 2 Mbit/s access and operate in synchronous mode</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>primary rate interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04793#id04793" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary rate access</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>primary rate interface; <em>PRI</em></h3>

<p>narrowband ISDN interface to primary rate access composed of a single 64 Kbps D channel plus 23 or 30 B channels for voice or data</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary reference clock; <em>PRC</em></h3>

<p>reference frequency source that provides a reference frequency signal compliant with ITU-T Recommendation G.811</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary reference clock source</h3>

<p>synchronisation source that is used for synchronising the transport interfaces or equipment primarily</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>primary route</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0140#id0140" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary subdestination</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>primary routing alternative</h3>

<p>routing alternative by means of which a call is primarily directed to a called subscriber</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary routing info</h3>

<p>information in the database of the service routing register (SRR DB) that is always used for deriving the signalling relay function (SRF) level routing address</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary section</h3>

<p>section from where the traffic in the ingress direction is selected when no switch is active</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary subdestination; <em>primary route</em>; <em>first choice route</em>; <em>direct route</em></h3>

<p>subdestination through which the establishing of a connection is first attempted</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary unit; <em>main unit</em></h3>

<p>doubled functional unit which contains the database management system</p>
</div>


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<h3>primary window</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013783#id013783" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See main window</a></p>
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<h3>primary-standby process</h3>

<p>part of a process pair that acts as a spare for the active process and is kept in a consistent state with it</p>
</div>


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<h3>primitive</h3>

<p>Purpose of primitives is to transmit information between layers or between a layer and layer management in OSI model. Primitives consist of commands and responses.</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>printed board; <em>printed circuit board</em>; <em>PCB</em></h3>

<p>base material cut to size containing all holes and bearing at least one conductive pattern (includes single and double-sided, multilayer, flexible and flexible multilayer boards)</p>
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<h3>printed board assembly; <em>component board</em></h3>

<p>entity consisting of a printed board with other components mounted</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>printed circuit board</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0594#id0594" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See printed board</a></p>
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<h3>printed wiring board</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0594#id0594" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See printed board</a></p>
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<h3>printer</h3>

<p>output device that produces a durable record of data in the form of a sequence of discrete graphic characters belonging to a predetermined character set</p>
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<h3>printout; <em>listing</em></h3>

<p>output printed on paper in the form of a list</p>
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<h3>priority; <em>priority - automatic fully administration controlled with A- and B-priority</em>; <em>PRI</em></h3>

<p>facility by which preferential treatment is given to certain outgoing calls or certain incoming calls, for example, emergency calls, concerning the order of path or circuit selection</p>
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<h3>priority - automatic fully administration controlled with A- and B-priority</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id01217#id01217" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See priority</a></p>
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<h3>priority call</h3>

<p>emergency call or outgoing or incoming call of a priority subscriber</p>
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<h3>priority class</h3>

<p>class issued to mobile-originated (MO) messages in the short message service centre (SMSC) in order to allow higher priority messages to take precedence over messages with lower priorities going to the same address</p>
</div>


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<h3>priority index; <em>PI</em></h3>

<p>index describing the compatibility of the program block versions for a PROM</p>
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<h3>priority indication</h3>

<p>trace control function which collects traceable events within the network element and formats them into trace records</p>
</div>


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<h3>priority indicator; <em>PRI</em></h3>

<p>indicator of the urgency of the message</p>
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<h3>priority information element; <em>PIE</em></h3>

<p>information element that contains the mobile station (MS) priority information, the pre-emption capability indicator (PCI), the pre-emption vulnerability indicator (PVI), and the queuing allowed indicator (QA)</p>
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<h3>priority number</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017054#id017054" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See iFC priority</a></p>
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<h3>priority QoS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019957#id019957" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See priority quality of service</a></p>
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<h3>priority quality of service; <em>priority QoS</em></h3>

<p>quality of service that is assigned to traffic which is prioritised over other services</p>
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<h3>priority queuing; <em>PQ</em></h3>

<p>queuing discipline in which the scheduler serves the lower priority queue only if the higher priority queues are empty</p>
</div>


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<h3>priority subscriber</h3>

<p>subscriber category whose members are able to access certain number of reserved channels</p>
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<h3>priority switching</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08002#id08002" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See revertive switching</a></p>
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<h3>privacy enhanced mail; <em>PEM</em></h3>

<p>Internet e-mail transfer service that provides confidentiality, authentication, and message integrity using various encryption methods</p>
</div>


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<h3>privacy enhancing technology; <em>PET</em></h3>

<p>group of methods and equipment which are used to enhance data protection especially in an open information network</p>
</div>


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<h3>privacy policy</h3>

<p>binding announcement of an information network service provider of the way it deals with the information it obtains on the users</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>privacy protection</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06904#id06904" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See data protection</a></p>
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<h3>private automatic branch exchange; <em>private branch exchange</em>; <em>PBX</em>; <em>PABX</em></h3>

<p>local exchange serving extensions in a business complex and providing access to the public network</p>
</div>


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<h3>private automatic branch exchange interface; <em>PABX interface</em></h3>

<p>interface to a local exchange which serves extensions in a business complex and provides access to the public network</p>
</div>


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<h3>private branch exchange</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03630#id03630" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private automatic branch exchange</a></p>
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<h3>private branch exchange A; <em>PBX-A</em></h3>

<p>private branch exchange (PBX) to which calling subscriber is connected</p>
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<h3>private branch exchange B; <em>PBX-B</em></h3>

<p>private branch exchange (PBX) to which called subscriber is connected</p>
</div>


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<h3>private data</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020393#id020393" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See subscriber-specific data</a></p>
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<h3>private ID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016962#id016962" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private user identity</a></p>
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<h3>private integrated services exchange</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010791#id010791" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private integrated services network exchange</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>private integrated services network; <em>PISN</em></h3>

<p>ISDN providing services to a specific set of users</p>
</div>


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<h3>private integrated services network exchange; <em>private integrated services exchange</em>; <em>private ISDN exchange</em>; <em>PINX</em></h3>

<p>private integrated services network (PISN) exchange providing automatic switching and call handling functions used for the provision of telecommunication services</p>
</div>


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<h3>private IP address; <em>internal IP address</em></h3>

<p>IP address which can be used locally inside private networks but which is ambiguous in the public network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>private ISDN exchange</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010791#id010791" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private integrated services network exchange</a></p>
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<h3>private key; <em>secret key</em></h3>

<p>cryptographic key that is used with a cryptographic algorithm and whose possession is restricted</p>
</div>


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<h3>private land mobile radio</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05213#id05213" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See professional mobile radio</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>private line</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08680#id08680" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See leased line</a></p>
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<h3>private management domain; <em>PRMD</em></h3>

<p>management domain which is managed by a company or by an organisation</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>private metering</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03277#id03277" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See subscriber call charge meter service</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>private mobile radio</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05213#id05213" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See professional mobile radio</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>private network</h3>

<p>telecommunication network in private use connected to the public ISDN network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>private network</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04597#id04597" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See company network</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>private network call number</h3>

<p>call number consisting of the common part of the direct dialling-in number (DCP) and the call number suffix (CNS)</p>
</div>


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<h3>private network node interface; <em>private network-network interface</em>; <em>PNNI</em></h3>

<p>network node interface that enables scalable, dynamic multi-vendor ATM switches to be integrated in the same network</p>
</div>


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<h3>private network parallel number</h3>

<p>call number of the public ISDN network to which it is not possible to set supplementary services</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>private network-network interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09245#id09245" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private network node interface</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>private number; <em>short code</em>; <em>short number</em></h3>

<p>number used within a private numbering plan area for contacting a subscriber</p>
</div>


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<h3>private numbering index; <em>PNI</em></h3>

<p>number which identifies subscribers using the same private numbering plan</p>
</div>


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<h3>private numbering plan; <em>support of private numbering plans</em>; <em>PNP</em>; <em>SPNP</em></h3>

<p>service which allows a subscriber to maintain and use short numbers for communication across one or more networks between nominated user access interfaces</p>
</div>


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<h3>private object</h3>

<p>object that is proprietary to a single entity</p>
</div>


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<h3>private rate access</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04793#id04793" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See primary rate access</a></p>
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<h3>Private signalling system No 1</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010795#id010795" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See QSIG signalling</a></p>
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<h3>private use area; <em>PUA</em></h3>

<p>code points in the Unicode standard that are available for private use and do not have defined, interpretable semantics except by private agreement</p>
</div>


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<h3>private user ID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016962#id016962" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private user identity</a></p>
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<h3>private user identity; <em>private user ID</em>; <em>private ID</em>; <em>IM private identity</em>; <em>IMPI</em></h3>

<p>user identity that is assigned by the home network operator, and used, for example, for registration, authorisation, administration, and accounting purposes</p>
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<h3>privilege</h3>

<p>access right that is granted to a user, user group, or resource</p>
</div>


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<h3>privilege mobile destination</h3>

<p>mobile destination address that is temporarily allowed to receive more than one message per second</p>
</div>


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<h3>privilege profile</h3>

<p>user profile which defines the configuration files assigned for a specific user group according to the operations required at their privilege level</p>
</div>


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<h3>privileged mode</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020828#id020828" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See kernel mode</a></p>
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<h3>PRM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018551#id018551" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See performance report message</a></p>
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<h3>PRM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03937#id03937" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol reference model</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>PRM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04632#id04632" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See premium rate</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PRMD</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016887#id016887" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private management domain</a></p>
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<h3>PRN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013191#id013191" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See provide roaming number</a></p>
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<h3>PrN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017226#id017226" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See two-phase commit protocol</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PRN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019722#id019722" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pseudorandom noise</a></p>
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<h3>proactive authorisation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017102#id017102" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See proactive presence authorisation</a></p>
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<h3>proactive presence authorisation; <em>proactive authorisation</em></h3>

<p>presence authorisation in which the presence server user authorises presence attributes before anyone has requested them, using contact lists and presence attribute lists</p>
</div>


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<h3>proactive SIM</h3>

<p>SIM which is capable of issuing commands to the terminal</p>
</div>


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<h3>probable cause</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08394#id08394" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See alarm number</a></p>
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<h3>problem class</h3>

<p>set of problems with a common description and context</p>
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<h3>problem inspector</h3>

<p>tool that enables the network operator to analyse the cause of a service problem by means of a detailed root cause analysis</p>
</div>


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<h3>procedure</h3>

<p>program with a name and a sequence of consistent statements. It can repeatedly be called by its name and executed with varying input parameter values</p>
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<h3>procedure call</h3>

<p>action for calling a named procedure for interpretation and for passing concrete parameters to it</p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>procedure definition</h3>

<p>SDL phrase representation definition of a procedure</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>procedure diagram; <em>procedure graph</em></h3>

<p>graphical representation of a procedure</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>procedure for changing the keyword; <em>procedure for changing the password</em></h3>

<p>procedure which enables a user to change the keyword that is used in the activation or deactivation of various services</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>procedure for changing the password</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012745#id012745" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See procedure for changing the keyword</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>procedure for the change of keyword</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012745#id012745" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See procedure for changing the keyword</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>procedure for the change of password</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012745#id012745" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See procedure for changing the keyword</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>procedure graph</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04214#id04214" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See procedure diagram</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>procedure return; <em>return</em></h3>

<p>transfer of control to the calling procedure or process</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>procedure-invoked call hold</h3>

<p>call hold which allows a user to put an incoming or outgoing call on hold by using register recall and a subscriber control procedure</p>
</div>


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<h3>process</h3>

<p>entity that is known by the operating system and that executes programming code in a computer</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>process control block; <em>PCB</em></h3>

<p>operating system data structure which contains process control data</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>process definition</h3>

<p>SDL phrase representation of a process</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>process diagram; <em>process graph</em></h3>

<p>graphical representation of a process</p>
</div>


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<h3>process family</h3>

<p>group of processes needed for a certain task, consisting always of a master and hands, if needed</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>process graph</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04218#id04218" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See process diagram</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>process ID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04333#id04333" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See process identifier</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>process identifier; <em>process ID</em>; <em>PID</em></h3>

<p>identifier that identifies a process inside a process family</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>process identifier; <em>PID</em></h3>

<p>process-specific identifier without distribution data</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>process instance</h3>

<p>dynamically created instance of a process</p>
</div>


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<h3>process instance identifier; <em>PId</em>; <em>pid</em></h3>

<p>predefined data type whose values denote process instances</p>
</div>


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<h3>process management</h3>

<p>management function that defines the basic process model, provides an interface for creating and deleting process families, manages the scheduling state of processes, schedules processes according to the states and priorities of processes and creates some process families during the start-up phase of the computer</p>
</div>


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<h3>process state replication</h3>

<p>replication that copies the process state from the active process to the standby process</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>process supervision message</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04090#id04090" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See supervision message</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>ProcessAdmin</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019173#id019173" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See SNMP integration toolkit process administration</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>processing capacity</h3>

<p>ability of the computer unit to execute different tasks within a time period</p>
</div>


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<h3>processing error ala</h3>

<p>n: alarm principally associated with a software or data processing fau</p>
</div>


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<h3>processing gain; <em>PG</em></h3>

<p>ratio of the bandwidth of a spread spectrum signal to the data rate of the information</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>processing instruction; <em>PI</em></h3>

<p>information contained in an XML structure that is intended to be interpreted by a specific application</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>processor</h3>

<p>device capable of performing systematic execution of operations upon data</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>processor load rate</h3>

<p>ratio between the demanded and provided processing capacity in normal situations</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>processor outage</h3>

<p>situation in which a signalling link becomes unavailable, due to factors at a functional level higher than level 2. This may be because of, for example, a central processor failure</p>
</div>


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<h3>producer object</h3>

<p>in communication, an object which is the source of the information conveyed</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>production model</h3>

<p>I/O device model where the design is complete</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>production unit</h3>

<p>sample of production model</p>
</div>


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<h3>professional mobile radio; <em>private mobile radio</em>; <em>private land mobile radio</em>; <em>PMR</em>; <em>PLMR</em></h3>

<p>mobile communication network which is meant for a special group of users, for example for one or more enterprises or institutions</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>profile</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015831#id015831" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See ChorusOS profile</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>profile</h3>

<p>data entity of the authority system containing data on the authority control of users, terminals, and commands</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>profile; <em>profile of nodes</em></h3>

<p>collection of nodes to be monitored for alarms status</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>profile; <em>network profile</em></h3>

<p>in a wireless LAN card, a collection of settings needed for connecting to a wireless LAN</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>profile creating</h3>

<p>gathering of different authority information on users, terminals and the commands to different sets of data</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>profile interface; <em>PI</em></h3>

<p>Java interface used in the Nokia Profile Server to fetch and update subscriber information</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>profile object</h3>

<p>managed object that contains default parameter settings for a specific managed object class and version</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>profile of nodes</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07787#id07787" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See profile</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>profile schema</h3>

<p>XML-based language for definition of Nokia Profile Server content and client interfaces</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>profile server</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018221#id018221" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Nokia Profile Server</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>profiles</h3>

<p>on the Club Nokia web pages, a subheading under tones and graphics leading to pages where users can edit the phone's profile</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>profiling</h3>

<p>action that involves collecting the authority data on various users, the command calendar, and terminals, and sorting it into different sets of data known as profiles</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>program</h3>

<p>series of computer tasks defined in a programming language</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>program block</h3>

<p>part of the implementation of a service block which offers a certain number of services offered by the service block to the outside, and a number of services used within the service block</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>program block implementation</h3>

<p>entity consisting of a process family, library, service terminal extension, MML-program, MML macro or file conversion program, and the declarations of a program block</p>
</div>


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<h3>program build</h3>

<p>group of the requested, compatible program versions which can be run together</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>program icon; <em>program object</em>; <em>program item icon</em></h3>

<p>icon that represents an application and its associated documents</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-13457" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>program item icon</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07077#id07077" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See program icon</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>program library</h3>

<p>collection of available general-purpose computer programs</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>program listing</h3>

<p>auxiliary module for programming and program testing, generated as a result of translating a program written in the PL/M, C or ASM programming languages</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>program loop</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013920#id013920" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See loop</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>program module</h3>

<p>discrete, identifiable set of instructions, usually handled as a unit by a routine or subroutine</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>program module identifier; <em>MID</em></h3>

<p>information by which a program module can be identified</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-13463" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>program object</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07077#id07077" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See program icon</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-13464" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>program package</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id03998#id03998" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See program build</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>program slice; <em>slice</em></h3>

<p>part of the program which consists of all statements and predicates of the program that might affect the value of the variable at the program point</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>program slicing</h3>

<p>computing of program slices using data flow analysis thus filtering the parts of the software system that depend on a specified place in the code</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>programmable alarm input</h3>

<p>programmable input for transferring management and alarm information from outside the equipment to, for example, a service terminal or a transmission management computer</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>programmable alarm output</h3>

<p>output for sending management and alarm information to other equipment</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>programmable interface; <em>PI</em></h3>

<p>interface whose settings can be changed through a service terminal or a transmission management computer (TMC)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>programmable read-only memory; <em>PROM</em></h3>

<p>form of read-only memory that can be programmed</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>progress indicator</h3>

<p>information supplied to indicate that interworking is occurring</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PROM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02751#id02751" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See programmable read-only memory</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>promiscuous mode</h3>

<p>operational mode where a network device is able to read and intercept all traffic on a network to which it is connected</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>prompt</h3>

<p>to inform a user that a system is ready for the next command, element or often input</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>prompt management</h3>

<p>set of functions that display and play specified prompts, and allow editing, concatenation, trimming, and manipulation of the prompts</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PromptAndCollectUserInformation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012066#id012066" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PromptAndCollectUserInformation procedure</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PromptAndCollectUserInformation procedure; <em>PromptAndCollectUserInformation</em>; <em>P&amp;C</em></h3>

<p>procedure in which the service control point (SCP) requests the specialised resources function (SRF) to send information to the user terminal and collect a user response from the user terminal</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>propagation coefficient; <em>propagation constant</em></h3>

<p>measure of the reduction in amplitude and retardation experienced by a wave of a given frequency in travelling unit distance in the direction of propagation. It is expressed as the natural logarithm of the vector ratio of the steady-state values of the wave at two points separated by unit length, the transmission line being of infinite length or terminated in its characteristic impedance</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>propagation constant</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0174#id0174" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See propagation coefficient</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>propagation delay</h3>

<p>time required for a signal to travel from one point to another</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>propagation delay counter</h3>

<p>signalling parameter which indicates the propagation delay of a connection</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>propagation model; <em>radiowave propagation model</em></h3>

<p>model used for coverage prediction in planning and designing wireless systems and products</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>propagation protection; <em>propagation redundancy</em></h3>

<p>mode of protection against propagation disturbances in which the best of received radio signals is chosen automatically</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>propagation redundancy</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06157#id06157" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See propagation protection</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>propagation time</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02353#id02353" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See propagation delay</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>proportion of lost calls</h3>

<p>number of calls lost due to the lack of free circuits, in proportion to the number of offered calls during the results accumulation period</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>protected data</h3>

<p>data whose content is, to some extent, protected from errors which may occur during data transfer</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>protected signal</h3>

<p>original signal in subnetwork connection (SNC) protection</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>protecting signal</h3>

<p>signal in the new, additional path in subnetwork connection SNC</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>protection bus</h3>

<p>bus between the protected and the standby equipment (in equipment or propagation redundancy) which primarily conveys data required in redundancy and which in propagation redundancy can be used to cross-connect the data traffic between the two pieces of equipment</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>protection connection</h3>

<p>spare circuitry that is brought into use in the event of a failure in order to bypass the fault</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>protection group</h3>

<p>set of resources used for protection switching when one or more standby entities provide protection for one or more working entities</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>protection loop</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09457#id09457" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See loop protection</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>protection lost</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018760#id018760" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protection lost alarm</a></p>
</div>


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<h3>protection lost alarm; <em>protection lost</em></h3>

<p>alarm indicating that protection is lost due to a faulty unit and that redundant signal path is in use</p>
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<h3>protection planning</h3>

<p>part of detailed network planning that defines the handling of network faults during operation</p>
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<h3>protection protocol</h3>

<p>protocol that manages the protection switching of communication channels in case a link failure occurs</p>
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<h3>protection ring</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09457#id09457" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See loop protection</a></p>
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<h3>protection section</h3>

<p>in MSP 1+1, the additional multiplex section in which the signal is transmitted</p>
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<h3>protection switch count</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015260#id015260" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protection switching count</a></p>
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<h3>protection switch second</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015261#id015261" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protection switching second</a></p>
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<h3>protection switching; <em>PS</em></h3>

<p>network survivability technique with a dedicated protection resource allocation policy</p>
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<h3>protection switching count; <em>protection switch count</em>; <em>PSC</em></h3>

<p>parameter that indicates how many multiplex section protection (MSP) switching events have been performed within the measurement interval</p>
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<h3>protection switching duration; <em>PSD</em></h3>

<p>length of time, measured in seconds, for which a working line is out of service and the protection line is in service as a result of protection switching</p>
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<h3>protection switching second; <em>protection switch second</em>; <em>PSC</em></h3>

<p>second during which the traffic signal is not selected from its working trail or connection</p>
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<h3>protocol; <em>communication protocol</em></h3>

<p>formal statement of the procedures that are adopted to ensure communication between two or more functions within the same layer of a hierarchy of functions</p>
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<h3>protocol adaptation server; <em>PAS</em></h3>

<p>in a PoC call processor, a server which adapts the Industry Specification client interface to the PoC client interface</p>
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<h3>protocol control block; <em>PCB</em></h3>

<p>data structure created when a socket is created, maintaining the socket's protocol state</p>
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<h3>protocol control information; <em>PCI</em></h3>

<p>information exchanged between corresponding entities, using a lower layer connection, to coordinate their joint operation</p>
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<h3>protocol data unit; <em>PDU</em></h3>

<p>information unit passed between peer entities</p>
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<h3>protocol data unit; <em>PDU</em></h3>

<p>part of an ATM cell header comprising protocol control information and possible user information</p>
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<h3>protocol data unit error; <em>ERR</em></h3>

<p>message which is used in the signalling connection control part (SCCP) connection-oriented service on detection of any protocol errors</p>
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<h3>protocol discriminator; <em>PD</em></h3>

<p>discriminator used to distinguish messages for user-network call control from other messages</p>
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<h3>protocol error</h3>

<p>use of a protocol data unit in a manner inconsistent with the procedures of the corresponding protocol specification</p>
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<h3>protocol filtering</h3>

<p>feature used to restrict the type of frames forwarded from the wireless client to the LAN and back</p>
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<h3>protocol identification</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09814#id09814" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol identifier</a></p>
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<h3>protocol identifier; <em>PID</em></h3>

<p>8-bit value inside a short message or multimedia message describing its contents</p>
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<h3>protocol identifier; <em>protocol identification</em>; <em>PID</em>; <em>pid</em></h3>

<p>two-octet field in the subnetwork attachment point (SNAP) header, identifying a distinct routed or bridged protocol together with organisationally unique identifier (OUI)</p>
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<h3>protocol implementation conformance statement; <em>PICS</em></h3>

<p>implementation conformance statement (ICS) for an implementation or system claimed to conform to a given protocol specification</p>
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<h3>protocol independent multicast; <em>PIM</em></h3>

<p>multicast routing architecture that allows the addition of IP multicast routing on existing IP networks</p>
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<h3>protocol interface</h3>

<p>optional subsystem interface that enables interaction with other subsystems via an interconnecting network</p>
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<h3>protocol interoperability</h3>

<p>ability of a distributed system to interchange protocol data units (PDU) via the communications platform</p>
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<h3>protocol measurement</h3>

<p>measurement to verify that a protocol is working correctly and to support protocol-level fault finding</p>
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<h3>protocol profile</h3>

<p>profile which fully specifies the protocol options of one protocol layer</p>
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<h3>protocol reference model; <em>PRM</em></h3>

<p>conceptual arrangement of the functions comprising protocols. The OSI model is an example of a protocol reference model</p>
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<h3>protocol stack; <em>protocol suite</em></h3>

<p>hierarchical group of associated and co-operating protocols that are used in the same logical equipment</p>
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<h3>protocol state</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09691#id09691" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See call state</a></p>
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<h3>protocol suite</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07856#id07856" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol stack</a></p>
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<h3>protocol translation server; <em>PTS</em></h3>

<p>in the Industry Specification adaptation function (ISAF), a server component which is responsible for the session initiation protocol (SIP), real-time transport protocol (RTP), and real-time transport control protocol (RTCP) translation</p>
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<h3>provide</h3>

<p>to make a service available to one or several users</p>
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<h3>provide roaming number; <em>PRN</em></h3>

<p>information flow which the home location register uses to request the visitor location register for a roaming number</p>
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<h3>provided</h3>

<p>made available to one or several users</p>
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<h3>provider edge; <em>PE</em></h3>

<p>component of a multi-protocol label switching virtual private network (MPLS VPN), consisting of wide area network (WAN) routers or IP-enabled WAN switches</p>
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<h3>provideSS</h3>

<p>operation that sets a supplementary service from an unprovided state to a provided or operative state</p>
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<h3>provision</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012739#id012739" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See provide</a></p>
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<h3>provision; <em>service provision</em>; <em>provision of service</em></h3>

<p>process of making a service available to one or several users</p>
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<h3>provision indicator</h3>

<p>information element which shows whether the subscriber has the supplementary service</p>
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<h3>provision of service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05830#id05830" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See provision</a></p>
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<h3>provisional acknowledgement; <em>PRACK</em></h3>

<p>session initiation protocol (SIP) message which informs the called party that the calling party is now ready to receive data</p>
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<h3>provisioned group</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019373#id019373" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pre-configured group</a></p>
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<h3>provisioned subscriber</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020764#id020764" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See provisioned user</a></p>
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<h3>provisioned user; <em>provisioned subscriber</em></h3>

<p>end user who has entered a database in the PoC system to use its services</p>
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<h3>provisioning</h3>

<p>process of making the resource available for the user</p>
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<h3>provisioning</h3>

<p>part of configuration management providing the process of making available various resources for telecommunications services</p>
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<h3>provisioning and management function; <em>PMF</em></h3>

<p>function which allows service providers to manage their services and subscribers</p>
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<h3>provisioning application server</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019967#id019967" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PoC register's application server</a></p>
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<h3>provisioning class; <em>PRC</em></h3>

<p>ordered set of attributes representing a type of policy data, which is defined in policy information base (PIB) modules and registered in the object identifier tree</p>
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<h3>provisioning driver manager; <em>PDM</em></h3>

<p>software which is responsible for delivering provisioning information in the right format to service drivers (SD)</p>
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<h3>provisioning instance; <em>PRI</em></h3>

<p>instantiation of a provisioning class (PRC)</p>
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<h3>provisioning instance identifier; <em>PRID</em></h3>

<p>identifier for uniquely identifying a provisioning instance of a provisioning class</p>
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<h3>provisioning interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019393#id019393" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PoC provisioning interface</a></p>
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<h3>provisioning plane</h3>

<p>logical plane of a push to talk core network which connects the network to the operator's provisioning system</p>
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<h3>provisioning system</h3>

<p>system which configures the relevant network elements so that the end users have their services activated</p>
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<h3>provisioning view</h3>

<p>packet core configurator view that displays the plans and subplans the user can provide for the network</p>
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<h3>proxy; <em>proxy server</em></h3>

<p>server or entity which retrieves information from the Internet for workstations and stores the information that the workstations frequently use to speed up retrieval and enhance network security</p>
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<h3>proxy address resolution protocol</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010474#id010474" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See proxy ARP</a></p>
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<h3>proxy ARP; <em>proxy address resolution protocol</em></h3>

<p>address resolution protocol (ARP) in which an intermediate device sends an ARP response on behalf of an end node to the requesting host</p>
</div>


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<h3>proxy authentication</h3>

<p>HTTP-based mechanism by which a proxy server requests authentication information from a client</p>
</div>


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<h3>proxy authentication realm</h3>

<p>character string displayed to the users to help them identify which user name and password to supply when queried for one</p>
</div>


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<h3>proxy call state control function; <em>proxy CSCF</em>; <em>P-CSCF</em></h3>

<p>role of the call state control function which is the first contact point for the packet core network to access the IP telephony network</p>
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<h3>proxy CSCF</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014065#id014065" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See proxy call state control function</a></p>
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<h3>proxy driver</h3>

<p>stub which implements the interface required by the host framework, but calls the actual device driver to implement the real functionality</p>
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<h3>proxy server</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08289#id08289" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See proxy</a></p>
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<h3>proxy thread</h3>

<p>thread that responds to service requests from foreign actors</p>
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<h3>PRR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010467#id010467" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See partial rerouting</a></p>
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<h3>PRT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08934#id08934" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet routing and transfer</a></p>
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<h3>PS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011308#id011308" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet switched</a></p>
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<h3>PS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09751#id09751" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See partial sharing</a></p>
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<h3>PS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015259#id015259" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protection switching</a></p>
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<h3>PS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017077#id017077" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presence server</a></p>
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<h3>PS call</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020870#id020870" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet-switched call</a></p>
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<h3>PS CN domain</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014066#id014066" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet-switched core network domain</a></p>
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<h3>PS connectivity service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014067#id014067" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet-switched connectivity service</a></p>
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<h3>PS domain</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014066#id014066" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet-switched core network domain</a></p>
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<h3>PS service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014068#id014068" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet-switched service</a></p>
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<h3>PSAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id011896#id011896" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presentation service access point</a></p>
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<h3>PSAP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015979#id015979" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public safety answering point</a></p>
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<h3>PSC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015260#id015260" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protection switching count</a></p>
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<h3>PSC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015261#id015261" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protection switching second</a></p>
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<h3>PSD</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020900#id020900" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protection switching duration</a></p>
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<h3>PSDN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09266#id09266" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet-switched data network</a></p>
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<h3>PSE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012873#id012873" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See personal service environment</a></p>
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<h3>pseudo driver</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09895#id09895" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pseudo-device driver</a></p>
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<h3>pseudo noise code</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010189#id010189" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pseudonoise code</a></p>
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<h3>pseudo-device driver; <em>software-only driver</em>; <em>pseudo driver</em></h3>

<p>device driver that controls only software</p>
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<h3>pseudo-random binary sequence; <em>pseudo-random bit sequence</em>; <em>PRBS</em></h3>

<p>two-level signal that has a repetitive sequence, but a random pattern within the sequence</p>
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<h3>pseudo-random bit sequence</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06937#id06937" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pseudo-random binary sequence</a></p>
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<h3>pseudo-random hopping</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08875#id08875" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See random hopping</a></p>
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<h3>pseudo-range; <em>pseudorange</em>; <em>PR</em></h3>

<p>measured distance between the GPS receiver antenna and the GPS satellite</p>
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<h3>pseudodynamic memory management</h3>

<p>management of memory in an object computer with means that do not really allow for reuse of memory space that has once been reserved and released</p>
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<h3>pseudonoise code; <em>pseudo noise code</em>; <em>pseudorandom noise code</em>; <em>pseudonoise sequence</em></h3>

<p>spreading code that that has a repetitive sequence but a noiselike random pattern within the sequence</p>
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<h3>pseudonoise sequence</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010189#id010189" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pseudonoise code</a></p>
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<h3>pseudorandom noise; <em>PRN</em></h3>

<p>noise that satisfies one or more of the standard tests for statistical randomness</p>
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<h3>pseudorandom noise code</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010189#id010189" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pseudonoise code</a></p>
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<h3>pseudorange</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019723#id019723" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pseudo-range</a></p>
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<h3>PSI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019956#id019956" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet system information</a></p>
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<h3>PSK</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05163#id05163" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See phase shift keying</a></p>
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<h3>PSK</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015255#id015255" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See preshared key</a></p>
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<h3>PSL</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017036#id017036" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See portable service logic</a></p>
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<h3>PSL service profile</h3>

<p>subscriber profile containing a list of portable service logic (PSL) identifiers and related subscriber-specific data</p>
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<h3>PSM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016510#id016510" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See power system management</a></p>
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<h3>PSMMan</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id013844#id013844" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See power system management node manager</a></p>
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<h3>PSN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04714#id04714" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet-switched network</a></p>
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<h3>PSPDN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04852#id04852" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet-switched public data network</a></p>
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<h3>PSS 1</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010795#id010795" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See QSIG signalling</a></p>
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<h3>PSTN</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id01707#id01707" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public switched telephone network</a></p>
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<h3>PSTN interface; <em>PSTN/PLMN interface</em></h3>

<p>SS7/TDM-based interface that connects a public switched telephone network (PSTN) or a public land mobile network (PLMN) to a core network based on IP, ATM, or TDM</p>
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<h3>PSTN mapping</h3>

<p>usually contry-specific definition of the relationship between analogue PSTN signalling elements and the V5 protocol</p>
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<h3>PSTN-originated call CDR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012113#id012113" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PSTN-originated call charging record</a></p>
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<h3>PSTN-originated call charging record; <em>PSTN-originated call CDR</em>; <em>POC CDR</em></h3>

<p>charging record that contains information on PSTN-originated calls</p>
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<h3>PSTN-terminated call CDR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012114#id012114" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PSTN-terminated call charging record</a></p>
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<h3>PSTN-terminated call charging record; <em>PSTN-terminated call CDR</em>; <em>PTC CDR</em></h3>

<p>charging record that contains information on PSTN-terminated calls</p>
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<h3>PSTN/PLMN interface</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020946#id020946" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PSTN interface</a></p>
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<h3>PSW</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016888#id016888" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet switch</a></p>
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<h3>PT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09238#id09238" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See payload type</a></p>
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<h3>PTC CDR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012114#id012114" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PSTN-terminated call charging record</a></p>
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<h3>PTD</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id015232#id015232" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet transfer delay</a></p>
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<h3>PTI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09753#id09753" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See payload type identifier</a></p>
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<h3>PTM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09758#id09758" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-multipoint connection</a></p>
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<h3>PTM group call</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08937#id08937" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-multipoint group call service</a></p>
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<h3>PTM group call service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08937#id08937" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-multipoint group call service</a></p>
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<h3>PTM multicast service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08938#id08938" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-multipoint multicast service</a></p>
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<h3>PTM service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08935#id08935" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-multipoint service</a></p>
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<h3>PTM service centre</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08939#id08939" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-multipoint service center</a></p>
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<h3>PTM-G</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08937#id08937" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-multipoint group call service</a></p>
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<h3>PTM-M</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08938#id08938" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-multipoint multicast service</a></p>
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<h3>PTM-SC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08939#id08939" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-multipoint service center</a></p>
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<h3>PTMSI</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08995#id08995" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See packet temporary mobile subscriber identity</a></p>
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<h3>PTMSI reallocation; <em>P-TMSI reallocation procedure</em></h3>

<p>procedure with which the network creates a temporary identifier for the mobile station to provide identity confidentiality, that is, to protect a user against being identified and located by an intruder</p>
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<h3>PTMSI signature; <em>packet temporary mobile subscriber identity signature</em></h3>

<p>information provided by the mobile station (MS) to the serving GPRS support node (SGSN) in combination with a valid packet temporary mobile subscriber identity (PTMSI) for authentication and identification purposes in the attach or routing area update procedure</p>
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<h3>PTP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012869#id012869" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-point</a></p>
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<h3>PTP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06100#id06100" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-point connection</a></p>
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<h3>PTP connection oriented network service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08941#id08941" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-point connection oriented network service</a></p>
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<div class="topic">
<h3>PTP connectionless network service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08940#id08940" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-point connectionless network service</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PTP service</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08936#id08936" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-point service</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PTP-CLNS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08940#id08940" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-point connectionless network service</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PTP-CONS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08941#id08941" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See point-to-point connection oriented network service</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PTR</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06560#id06560" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pointer</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PTS</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020720#id020720" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See protocol translation server</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PTSE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09756#id09756" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PNNI topology state element</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PTSP</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id09757#id09757" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PNNI topology state packet</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PTT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014496#id014496" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See push to talk</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PUA</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id018663#id018663" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See private use area</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public access mobile radio; <em>PAMR</em></h3>

<p>telecommunication service that provides shared use of a radio communications system for activities similar to private mobile radio (PMR)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public access zone</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010842#id010842" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See access zone</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public data network; <em>PDN</em></h3>

<p>general, circuit switched data transmission network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public definitions; <em>environment definition directory</em>; <em>public definitions environment</em>; <em>PDE</em></h3>

<p>directory structure where definitions describing software block interfaces or definitions needed to describe the interfaces are stored</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public definitions environment</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id04311#id04311" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public definitions</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public domain</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014693#id014693" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public domain software</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public domain software; <em>public domain</em></h3>

<p>program, the writer of which has renounced the copyright, allowing the program to be used, distributed and modified without charge</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public ID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016963#id016963" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public user identity</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public IP address</h3>

<p>IP address which is globally unique and which is used in the Internet</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public key</h3>

<p>cryptographic key that is used with an asymmetric cryptographic algorithm and that can be made publicly available</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public key cryptography; <em>public key encryption</em>; <em>public key cryptosystem</em>; <em>PKCS</em></h3>

<p>cryptographic system where each person gets a pair of cryptographic keys of which the public key is publicly known and used for encipherment of messages while the private key is never transmitted or shared but is kept secret and used for decipherment of messages</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public key cryptography standards; <em>PKCS</em></h3>

<p>set of standards for public-key cryptography which aim at easier interoperability in security issues</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public key cryptosystem</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010012#id010012" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public key cryptography</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public key encryption</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id010012#id010012" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public key cryptography</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public key infrastructure; <em>PKI</em></h3>

<p>system of digital certificates, certification authorities, and registration authorities that verify and authenticate the validity of each party involved in an electronic transaction through the use of public key cryptography</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public land mobile network; <em>PLMN</em></h3>

<p>mobile network for the specific purpose of providing land mobile communication services to the public</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public land mobile network index; <em>PLMN index</em></h3>

<p>index of the PLMN entry which is allocated automatically in the visitor location register (VLR) address analysis when a new branch is created</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public land mobile network operator</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id012865#id012865" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PLMN operator</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public network</h3>

<p>telecommunication network whose services are available to all users</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-13663" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>public number</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05647#id05647" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See long number</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public safety answering point; <em>PSAP</em></h3>

<p>network element for emergency services that is responsible for answering emergency calls</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public switched telephone network; <em>public telephone network</em>; <em>general switched telephone network</em>; <em>PSTN</em>; <em>GSTN</em></h3>

<p>telephone network based on circuit switching, including the telephones, local lines, local exchanges, and the complete system of trunks and the exchange hierarchy which makes up the network</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public telecommunication network</h3>

<p>telecommunication network whose services can be obtained by all subscribers</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public telephone network</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id01707#id01707" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public switched telephone network</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public user ID</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016963#id016963" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See public user identity</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>public user identity; <em>public user ID</em>; <em>public ID</em>; <em>IM public identity</em>; <em>IMPU</em></h3>

<p>user identity that is used by any user for requesting communications with other users</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>publisher</h3>

<p>component-level object responsible for sending event logging information to the logging queue for processing</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>publisher</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id017082#id017082" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See presence publisher</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PUK</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08179#id08179" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PUK code</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PUK code; <em>PUK</em></h3>

<p>access code required to unblock a blocked PIN code</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PUK2</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id08178#id08178" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PUK2 code</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>PUK2 code; <em>PUK2</em></h3>

<p>access code required to unblock a blocked PIN2 code</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pull configuration</h3>

<p>method of configuring a LAN switch in which the switch requests the configuration information itself by using the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) or trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP)</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pull mode</h3>

<p>mode of operation in which the client has to invoke the event</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pull technology</h3>

<p>technology by means of which a user performs a search using a browser and directly obtains the results of the search</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse charging</h3>

<p>charging mode which is based on generation of metering pulses and on storing them into subscriber meters</p>
</div>


<a name="id0638" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse code</h3>

<p>set of rules giving the equivalence between each quantised value and its corresponding code word</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse code modulation; <em>PCM</em></h3>

<p>process in which a signal is sampled, and each sample is quantised independently of other samples and converted by encoding to a digital signal</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse limit</h3>

<p>number of pulses the exceeding of which during the call results in hot billing</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse mask; <em>mask of the pulse</em></h3>

<p>envelope of a pulse which determines the limits for fluctuations in the shape of the pulse</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-13684" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse shape envelope</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06999#id06999" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See mask</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse stuffing</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0724#id0724" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See justification</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse train; <em>PLT</em></h3>

<p>group of metering pulses determining the price of a call, if no other charging is generated for the call</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse train charging</h3>

<p>charging mode in which metering pulses are sent to the calling subscriber's counter as soon as the called subscriber answers</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse width modulation; <em>PWM</em></h3>

<p>signal modulation method in which an analogue input signal's direct current (DC) level controls the pulse width of the digital output pulses</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse-duration modulation; <em>PDM</em></h3>

<p>form of modulation in which the duration of a pulse is varied in accordance with some characteristic of the modulating signal</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-13690" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse-length modulation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06933#id06933" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pulse-duration modulation</a></p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-13691" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>pulse-width modulation</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id06933#id06933" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pulse-duration modulation</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>purge</h3>

<p>remove residual data from a data medium</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push access protocol; <em>PAP</em></h3>

<p>protocol used for conveying content that should be pushed to a client and push-related control information between a push initiator (PI) and a push proxy gateway</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push button</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id07590#id07590" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See command button</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push capacity regulation</h3>

<p>mechanism which enables the control of sending push messages if the defined push regulation limit is exceeded</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push configuration</h3>

<p>method of configuring a LAN switch in which the configuration information is forced to the switch by using LAN Management MML</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push download channel</h3>

<p>channel for downloading content that is pushed to the end-users</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push framework</h3>

<p>entire WAP push system which encompasses the protocols, service interfaces, and software entities that provide the means to push data to user agents in the WAP client</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push initiator; <em>PI</em></h3>

<p>external agent that sends service messages to the push proxy gateway (PPG)</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-13700" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>push message</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014670#id014670" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See service message</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push mode</h3>

<p>mode of operation in which the client only has to wait for the event to occur</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-13702" shape="rect"></a>
<div class="topic">
<h3>push OTA protocol</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id016782#id016782" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See push over-the-air protocol</a></p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push over-the-air protocol; <em>push OTA protocol</em></h3>

<p>protocol that the push proxy gateway (PPG) uses to deliver the push content to the client and its user agents over-the-air</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push proxy gateway; <em>PPG</em></h3>

<p>proxy gateway that provides push proxy services</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push service</h3>

<p>telecommunication service by means of which a terminal equipment user is sent information without a separate request for a single transmission</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push subscription</h3>

<p>single subscription to a push service</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push technology</h3>

<p>technology which enables the server to send information to the user's terminal without the user asking for it</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push to talk</h3>

<p>one-way communication function in a mobile phone which enables a user to talk to another user or a selected user group, while the recipient(s) is only listening</p>
</div>


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<div class="topic">
<h3>push to talk call; <em>PoC call</em></h3>

<p>during a group session, a one-way call during which one participant can speak at a time while the others listen</p>
</div>


<a name="p2xhtm-repid-13710" shape="rect"></a>
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<h3>push to talk call processor</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019367#id019367" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PoC call processor</a></p>
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<h3>push to talk call processor intercollegiate interface; <em>intercollegiate interface</em>; <em>PoC call processor intercollegiate interface</em></h3>

<p>interface for transferring authorisation information, control signalling, and speech packets between push to talk call processors</p>
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<h3>push to talk core network</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019354#id019354" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PoC system</a></p>
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<h3>push to talk over cellular; <em>PoC</em></h3>

<p>service of GPRS mobile stations, which enables real-time one-to-one and one-to-many (group) voice communication in a cellular network</p>
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<h3>push to talk register</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019368#id019368" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See PoC register</a></p>
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<h3>push to talk register interface; <em>PoC register interface</em></h3>

<p>interface for transferring provisioning information from the push to talk register to push to talk call processors</p>
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<h3>push type network event</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014538#id014538" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See asynchronous event</a></p>
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<h3>push-down list</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0605#id0605" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See stack</a></p>
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<h3>push-to-talk</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id014496#id014496" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See push to talk</a></p>
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<h3>push-to-talk over cellular</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019323#id019323" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See push to talk over cellular</a></p>
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<h3>push-up list</h3>

<p>list of processes or items awaiting service on a first in first out principle</p>
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<h3>pushbutton dialing /US/</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02516#id02516" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See DTMF dialling</a></p>
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<h3>pushbutton dialling</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id02516#id02516" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See DTMF dialling</a></p>
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<h3>PVC</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id05545#id05545" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See permanent virtual circuit</a></p>
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<h3>PVT</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019719#id019719" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See position, velocity, and time</a></p>
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<h3>PWB</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id0594#id0594" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See printed board</a></p>
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<h3>PWM</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id019669#id019669" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See pulse width modulation</a></p>
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<h3>PXE</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id020589#id020589" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See preboot execution environment</a></p>
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<h3>Python</h3>

<p><a href="NED?action=retrieve&amp;identifier=general_glossary&amp;edition=13&amp;language=en&amp;coverage=global&amp;encoding=xhtml_1_0&amp;component=data&amp;item=data&amp;pointer=id021239#id021239" onclick="sync(this);return true" shape="rect">See Python programming language</a></p>
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<h3>Python programming language; <em>Python</em></h3>

<p>general-purpose interpreted programming language that is especially suitable for scripting, that supports procedural programming and object-oriented programming, and that was originally developed by Guido van Rossum</p>
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