Glossary, Acronyms, and Abbreviations - IIUSA

TPS - technology protection system
TPS - tactical packet switch
TPSN - tactical packet switch network
TQDM - total quality data management
TQM - total quality management
TR - token ring
TR - GNDCP transportable ground command post
TR - terminal ready
TRAC - tactical radar correlator
TRADOC - United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Traffic Shaping - A mechanism that alters the traffic characteristics
of a stream of cells on a connection to achieve better network
efficiency, while meeting the QoS objectives, or to ensure
conformance at a subsequent interface. Traffic shaping must
maintain cell sequence integrity on a connection.
Transcoder - A device to encode and decode. Encoding is the
generation of digital signals in PCM voice equipment to represent
quantized samples. Decoding is a set of quantized values
generated from digital representation.
TRANSEC - transmission security
Transit Domain - A call can only pass-through at most one domain,
called the transit domain, to reach its destination. The transit
domain is a "route server domain."
Transmission - The dispatching of a signal, message, or other form
of intelligence by wire, radio, telegraphy, telephony, facsimile, or
other means (ISO); a series of characters, messages, or blocks
including control information and user data.
Transmission Link - The information path between sender and
receiver.
TRAP - Tactical Related Application
Trap - An asynchronous message from the SNMP agent to the
SNMP manager notifying the manager of events or alarms that
have occurred at the node.
TRAP - terrain resources analysis program
TRC - technical reference codes
TRC - transverse redundancy check
TRC - transmission release code
TRC - Transmission Resource Controller
TRCS - tactical radio communications system
TRE - tactical receive equipment
Trendiest - The portion of the central office that connects to trunks
going to other switching offices.
TRG - Threshold Reporting Group
TRI-TAC - Tri-Service Tactical Communications
TRIB - transfer rate of information bits
TRILS - tactical radar identification and location system (Canada)
TRIMS - targets and ranges information/management system
TRK-2 Module - This module supports standard North American D4
framed, DS1 rate (1.544 Mbps) transmission facilities.
TRK-3 Module - This module supports subrated facilities at 1.544
Mbps DS1 or FT1 (T1-DSX interface card), 2.048 Mbps E1 of FE1
(E1 interface card), or Nx64 kbps (64-2048 kbps) RS-530/RS-
449/ V.36/X.21/V.35 (STI interface card). Proprietary, clear
channel, and PRC/ TMCP bundles are installed on the card to
allocate the DS0s.
TRK - trunk
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TRL - tropospheric link
TRLP - transmission reference level point
TRM - Team Risk Management
TRM - technical reference model
TRN - token ring network
TRO - transparent remote operation
TROJAN - SPIRIT special purpose integrated remote intelligence
terminal
TROPO - tropospheric scatter radio
Trouble Ticket - A telco "work order" used to track Customer
Repairs within the Telco. If you call someone "inside" the telco's
repair department they will need this number to proceed. It will
also be needed whenever you call to check on the status of a
repair. Always ask for this number when initiating a repair request.
TRP - technology reinvestment project
TRP - target reference point
TRPI - telecommunications-related personal information
TRSS - tactical remote sensor system
TRT - tropospheric terminal
Trunk - A single physical bandwidth resource connecting two nodes
(such as a T1 or T3 trunk) and is used to build a transmission
network. A network may include fiber optic, copper wire, coaxial
cable, microwave, or satellite. Also see link.
Trunk Group - A number of telephone channels which are
functionally related. Most common is the Hunt Group. Other
common types include Incoming Trunk Groups and Outgoing
Trunk Groups. See also Combination Trunks and Two-way DID
Trunks.
Trunk Routing Attributes - Parameters defining the level of
preference for three types of trunk characteristics: Terrestrial or
Satellite, Encrypted or Not Encrypted, or Fiber.
TRUSIX - trusted UNIX working group
TS - time slot
TS - tandem switches
TS - Top Secret
TS/C - TOP SECRET/Collateral
TS/SCI - Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information
TS/SI - top secret/sensitive information
TS3 - TOP SECRET Support System
TSABI - top secret and below interoperability
TSAD - Theater Strategic Air Defense
TSAP - transport service access point
TSAPI - telephony services application program interface
TSARS - tactical situation awareness response system
TSAS - tactical switching afloat system
TSB - trunk signaling buffer
TSC - Tactical Support Center
TSC - Modernization System
TSC(A) - Theater Signal Command (Army)
TSC2 - Telecommunications Support Contract 2 (GSA/FTS)
TSCM - technical surveillance countermeasures program
TSD - tactical situation display
TSE - terminal server edition