Glossary Technology evolves at a rapid-fire pace. That’s why we’ve built an easy-to-use glossary to help you better understand the terms, technologies and trends that impact your business. Show only animated 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z CA CA-Polar Calibration Call before You Dig (CBUD) CAP CAPEX Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) Carrier Carrier Ethernet 1.0 (CE 1.0) Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) Carrier Ethernet Testing Carrier Sense Carrier Serving Area (CSA) Carrier-Sense Multi-Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Carrier-Sense Multiple-Access (CSMA) Carrier-Sense Multiple-Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) CAS CBR CBS CC CCCH CCF CCS CD CDF CDMA CDN CE CE 1.0 CE 2.0 Central Office (CO) Central Offices Re-architected as Data Centers (CORD) CFM CFP Channel Channel Service Unit (CSU) CHAP CHAP cHEC Chromatic Dispersion (CD) CIR Circuit-Switched Network Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) CJTPAT Class of Service (CoS) CLEC CLP CLS CMF CMISE CMS CO Co-Channel Coarse Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (CWDM) Coaxial Cable Coherent Network Collision Collision Detect (CD) Collision Domain Commissioning Committed Information Rate (CIR) Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) Competitive Local-Exchange Carrier (CLEC) Concentrator Conduit Connectivity fault management (CFM) Connector Connector Endface Contamination Contention Control Plane Converged network Converged Network CORESET CoS CP CP-OFDM CPE CPRI CQ CQI CRC Crossover Cable Crosstalk CRPAT CS_CTL CS/ES CSA CSCF CSI CSI-RS CSMA/CA CSMA/CD CSPAT CSR CSU CSU/DSU CTL Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) CVD CW CWDM Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)