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To: Wright Sullivan who wrote (1317)	4/2/2000 4:15:00 PM
From: lml	Respond to of 1782

I'm a civil engineer, and absolutely no experience in the telecom industry. As with any industry, its important to first learn the "buzz" words, and I'm learning them all the time in telecom. Sometimes I just plain ask the individual throwing the term out. Somes I go to whatis.com or acronymfinder.com, which is fairly comprehensive, but provides no description of the term.

To: Wright Sullivan who wrote (1317)	4/6/2000 6:55:00 PM
From: DenverTechie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1782

RT is more often a "Remote Terminal" in telecom land as opposed to the quoted Remote Termination. Remote Termination could imply the NID (Network Interface Device) which is the copper demarcation point at the side of a house or building, or terminal block inside a wiring closet. An RT is a much more specific type of gear that is located in the distribution network of cable or telephone and could be a DLC or ONU (Optical Network Unit). So you might not want to abandon your traditional methods of deciphering acronyms just yet. Another problem you'll run into (but it doesn't sound like it's happened yet) is that a single acronym can have multiple meanings depending on the context! I've seen as many as 5 different meanings associated with a single acronym. Just for grins, look up PAD in Newton's and see what it says - I think they'll have at least 3 separate entries shown. If they don't, get a new book. Unfortunately, I've also found several errors at www.acronymfinder.com as well. My advice would be to use what's in these resources as general guides, but don't depend on them as gospel. Take with a definite grain of salt, and watch out for multiple entries.