Scientific and technological reports

Bridging the Gap?
Access to telecommunciations for all people

APPENDIX 1.

Glossary of Acronyms

3G.IP 3rd Generation Internet Protocols

AAATE Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe
ACE Australian Communication Exchange
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
ANEC the European Association for the co-ordination of Consumer Requirements in Standardisation
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AP Application Program
APPSN Application Pilot for People with Special Needs (RACE project)
AT Assistive Technology
ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode or Automatic Teller Machine

BSI British Standards Institution

CATA Certificate in Assistive Technology Applications
CD Compact Disc
CEC Commission of the European Communities
CEN Comité Européen de Normalisation
CENELEC Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
CEPT Conférence des Administrations Européens des Postes et Télécommunications
COST European Cooperation in the field Of Scientific and Technical research
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRT Cathode-Ray Tube
CSCW Computer Supported Co-operative Work

DAVIC Digital Audio-Visual Council
DECT Digital European Cordless Telecommunications
DIN Deutsche Industrie Normung
DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus

EC European Community, European Commissions
ECART European Conference on Advances in Rehabilitation Technology
EDF European Disability Forum
EDGE Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution; Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution
EEC European Economic Community
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EN European Norm (Term within CEN and CENELEC)
ETS European Telecommunications Standard
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EU European Union

FCC Federal Communications Commission
FDDI Fibre Distributed Dual Interface
FTP File Transfer Protocol (IETF)

GIS Geographical Information System
GPRS General Packet data Radio Service
GPS Global Positioning System
GSM Global System for Mobile telecommunications or Groupe Speciale Mobile
GUI Graphical User Interfaces
GUIB Graphical User Interfaces for Blind people

HAPS High Altitude Platforms
HCI Human Computer Interface
HDML Handheld Devices Markup Language
HEART Horizontal European Activities in Rehabilitation Technology (TIDE project)
HELIOS Handicapped people in the European community Living In Open Society (DG 5)
HF Human Factor (One of ETSI's Technical Committees)
HIPERLAN High Performance Radio Local Network
HSCSD High Speed Circuit Switched Data

ICT Information and Communication Technologies
ICTSB ICT Standards Board
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force
IMT International Mobile Telecommunications system
IMTC International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium
INCLUDE Inclusion of Disabled and Elderly in Telematics
IP Internet telephony Providers; Internet Protocol; Intellectual Property
IPSNI Integration of People with Special Needs by IBC (RACE project)
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISO International Organisation for Standardisation
ISSS Information Society Standardisation System
IST Information Society Technologies
IT Information Technology
ITU International Telecommunications Union
ITU-T ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector

JPEG Joint Photographics Expert Group
JTC Joint Technical Committees

KPN Telecom formerly PTT Telecom BV

LAN Local Area Network
LCD Liquid Crystal Display

MAN Metropolitan Area Network
MOWLAN Mobile Operator Wireless LAN
MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group (ISO)

NS Norsk Standard

OFTEL Office of Telecommunications (UK)
ONP Open Network Provision

PCN/PCS Personal Communications Network/Personal Communications System
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network

RACE Research and development in Advanced Communications technologies in Europe
RDS Radio Data System
RT Rehabilitation Technology
RTD Research and Technical Development

SMS Short Message Service
STF Special Task Force

TAG Technical Advisory Group; Telecommunications Action Group

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TC HF Technical Committee Human Factor (ETSI)
TIDE (formerly) Technology Initiative for Disabled and Elderly people and Telematics for the Integration of Disabled and Elderly people
TLO Technical Liaison Officer

UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

VHE Virtual Home Environment
VR Virtual Reality
W3C World Wide Web Consortium
WAI Web Accessibility Initiative
WAN Wide Area Network
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WHO World Health Organisation
WIMP Windows, Icons, Mouse, and Pull-down menus
WLAN Wireless Local Area Network

xDSL x-Type Digital Subscriber Line

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