Acronym for: Unavailable second

Acronym for: Wideband

Acronym for: Offline

Acronym for: Background block error

A committee formed by the International Organization of Standardization to set standards for digital compression of still images. JPEG also refers to the digital compression standard for still images created by this group.

The measured wavelength in a silica-based optical fiber where material dispersion and waveguide dispersion cancel each other out. Also called zero-dispersion point.

Generic name for digital-subscriber-line technology. The x is a variable that, in context, is replaced according to the appropriate variety of DSL (such as SDSL, IDSL, and ADSL). 

A wireless communications standard designed to provide 30 to 40 megabit-per-second data rates, with the 2011 update providing up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations.

See Mobile Network.

Acronym for: Worldwide interoperability for microwave access