APPENDIX H ACRONYM LIST

APPENDIX H ACRONYM LIST

APPENDIX H ACRONYM LIST A ACD ACE ACK AD ADSL ADV ALJ APPINTV ASA ASC II ASR AT ATIS Automated Call Distributor Automated Cable Enterprise or Austin Computers Order Acknowledgement Auto Detect Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Address Validation Administrative Law Judge Offered Interval Average Speed of Answer A Type of Computer Software (no longer an acronym) Automated Service Request (processed via Exact system) Assist Test Alliance for the Telecommunications Industry Solutions B BA/GTE BAN BAUI BCN BI BOS/BDT BRI BTN BTR Bell Atlantic-GTE Billing Authorization Number Bell Atlantic Usage Interface Billing Completion Notification Billing Metrics Billing Output Specification/Billing Data Tape Basic Rate Interface Billing Telephone Number Business Transformation Rules C C C2C CABS CAD CAFE CAFS CATC CATS CBITS CBS/CNE CC CCAP CCI CCM CCOE Change Carrier-To-Carrier Carrier Access Billing System Common Agent Desktop CABS Automated Fron End Carrier Access File - South Carrier Access Test Center Claims and Adjustments Tracking System CLEC Billing Inquiry Tracking System Customer Business Services/Customer Network Engineering Came Clear Change Control Assurance Plan Customer Care Index or Change Control Identification Change Control Manager Cageless Collocation Open Environment

APPENDIX H ACRONYM LIST H 2 CCR Change Control Request or Change Control Record CCS Hundred Call Seconds CD Customer Direct CID Change Identification CLASS Custom Local Area Signaling Services CLEC Competitive Local Exchange Carrier CLLI Common Language Location Identifier CLPC CLEC Loop Provisioning Center CM Critical Measures CMA Carrier Metric Algorithms 1 CMN Change Management Notices CMPINTV Completion Interval CMPS Competitive Management Performance Standards CNR Customer Not Ready CO Central Office CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture CPE Customer Premises Equipment CR Change Request or Customer Reports CRAS Cable Records Analysis System CREMS Change Request & Edit Management System CRIS Customer Record Information System CSG Carrier Services Gateway CSR Customer Service Record CWG Carrier Working Group D DA Directory Assistance or Don t Answer or Dedicated Access DALIDX Daily Index DD Due Date DDA Due Date Availability DLEC Data Local Exchange Carrier DLVR Directory Listing Verification Report DNS Domain Name Server DOJ Department of Justice DP Data Provider DR Data Request or Data Report DRC Dispatch Resource Center DS0 Digital Service 0 DS1 Digital Service 1 1 Verizon PA claims copyright protection for the Pennsylvania Carrier-to-Carrier Metric Algorithms (PA CMA) and for all references to the Verizon PA CMA in passim throughout the report and appendices, whether specifically designated and marked or not. Copyright 2003. All rights reserved. No compilation, modification, translation, storage in a retrieval system or reproduction (by photocopying or other means) of the data in the PA CMA or of other parts of the PA CMA is permitted without the separate, express written permission of Verizon PA. Title to the data in the PA CMA and all intellectual property rights therein shall remain with Verizon PA. While Verizon PA and DCI have endeavored to designate and mark all the PA CMA code for which Verizon PA claims copyright protection, it is possible that some lines of PA CMA code have not been so designated and marked in this report and the appendices.

APPENDIX H ACRONYM LIST H 3 DS3 Digital Service 3 DSL Digital Service Line DSNO Data Services Network Operations DSR Directory Service Request DUF Daily Usage File DW Data Warehouse E ECIC EDI EEL ER ERR ETL EXACT Electronic Commerce Interexchange Committee Electronic Data Interchange Enhanced Extended Loop Exception Report Rejected Query Extraction, Translation, and Loading Exchange Access and Control Tracking F FAC FBS FCC FDT FG FMC FMS FOC FOK FOMS FTG FTM FTP Facility Flexible Billing System Federal Communications Commission Frame Due Time Feature Group Facilities Management Center Force Management System Firm Order Confirmation Found Okay Frame Order Management System Final Trunk Group File Transfer Mode File Transfer Protocol G GE GUI General Standards Metrics Graphical User Interface H HDSL High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line I I&M IDLC IDX Installation and Maintenance Integrated Digital Loop Carrier Index

APPENDIX H ACRONYM LIST H 4 IFAS ILEC INF IOF IPM ISDN ISO IT IXC Intelligent Field Access System Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier Information Inter Office Facilities Impulse Per Minute Integrated Services Digital Network Information System Organization or Information Service Organization Information Technology InterExchange Carrier J JAD Joint Application Development K KPMG At one time this was an acronym; however, it is now the self-standing name of an accounting firm. L LATA LCC LFAC LFACS LIDB LMOS LNP LNUM LQC LSC LSI LSOG LSR LSRC Local Access Transport Area Local Collocation Co-coordinator Loop Facility Assignment Control Loop Facility Assignment Control System Line Identification Database Information Loop Maintenance Operations System Long-term Number Portability Listed Number Loop Qualification Center Order Confirmation Local Service Interface Local Service Order Guide Local Service Request Local Service Request Confirmation M M M&R MA MCO MLT MLT MOE MPOE MR MTACT Mechanically Maintenance & Repair Maintenance Administrator Maintenance Control Office Mechanized Loop Testing Mechanized Loop Testing Mode of Entry Minimum Point of Entry Maintenance & Repair Metrics Metric Tracking and Change Tool

APPENDIX H ACRONYM LIST H 5 MTAS MTTR Mechanized Trouble Analysis System Mean Time to Repair N NC NCI NID NMC NMP NP NP NTF NY PAP NY PSC New Contact or Network Channel or No Circuit or No Change or No Charge Network Channel Interface Network Interface Device National Marketing Center Network Metric Platform Network Performance Metrics Not Polled No Trouble Found New York Performance Assurance Plan New York Public Service Commission O OBF OCO OD OLAP OOS OR OS OSS OTH Ordering and Billing Forum Order Control Office Operator Services Metrics Online Analytical Processing Out of Service Ordering Metrics Operator Services Operations Support System Other, (data value signifying Specials Product Code or DS-Level), meaning Speacials, Other than DSO, DS1, and DS3 P PA PA PAP PA PUC PAD PAP PCD PCN PCSR PM PMO I PMO II PO PON POTS Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Performance Assurance Plan Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Rejected Query Performance Assurance Plan Post Completion Discrepancies or Post Completion Delayed Provisioning Completion Notification Parsed CSR Preventive Maintenance Performance Measure Order I (Opinion and Order entered 12-31-99), Docket No. P-00991643. Performance Measure Order II (Final Opinion & Order on Performance Measures & Remedies for Wholesale Performance for Verizon Pennsylvania Inc. entered 12-12-02) Docket No. M-00011468. Pre-Ordering Metric Purchase Order Number Plain Old Telephone Service

APPENDIX H ACRONYM LIST H 6 PR PRI PSR PUC Provisioning Metrics ISDN Primary Rate Produce & Service Availability Public Utility Commission Q QA QMIS Quality Assurance Queue Management Information System R RCCC RCMAC RCMC REJ ReTAS RI RL RM RRSC RS RT RTR Regional CLEC Control Center Recent Change Memory Administration Center Regional CLEC Maintenance Center Rejected Query Repair Trouble Administration System Routine Installation Release Request Manager Regional Resold Services Center Referred from Self Repair Tracking Response Type Requested S SAI SAS SCCB SCOPE SECNCI SERVICE SES SGAT SOP SP SQL STD RMK STP System Analysis & Integration Statistical Analysis System Software Change Control Board Secured open Collocation Environment Secondary Network Channel Interface Code System Expediting the Remote Verification and Input of Customer Enhancements Software Engineering Solutions Statement Of Generally Available Terms And Conditions Service Order Processor Special Provisions Structured Query Language Standard Remarks Signaling Transfer Point T TA-96 Telecommunications Act of 1996 TC Telecommunications Company TCBH Time Consistent Busy Hour TCIF Telecommunications Industry Forum

APPENDIX H ACRONYM LIST H 7 TCM TDMS TE TEO TISOC TNDS-TK TNS TOK TOPS TR TRA TSS TT Trunk Capacity Management Traffic Data Measurement System Trouble Entry Telephone Equipment Order Telecom Industry Services Operations Center Traffic Network Data System TK Telephone Number Availability & Reservation Test Okay Traffic Operator Position System Trouble Report Due Date Availability (no longer used) Trunk Servicing System Trouble Ticket U UNE UNE-L UNE-P USOC USS Unbundled Network Element Unbundled Network Element Loop Unbundled Network Element Platform Universal Service Order Code Unix System Services V VADI VB VMS VZ Verizon Advanced Data Incorporated Visual Basic Voice Message Service Verizon W WBCC WCCC WCIT WDRC WFA WFA-DI WFA-DO WPA WPTS Wholesale Billing Collection Center Wholesale Customer Care Center Wholesale Claims and Inquiry Tracking Wholesale Dispatch Resource Center Work Force Administration Work Force Administration Dispatch In Work Force Administration Dispatch Out Wholesale Performance Assurance Wholesale Provisioning Tracking System X XML Extensible Markup Language