电信专业英英词典P-3

　　PVC

　　permanent virtual circuit

　　Partner＊s Program - An indirect sales channel that offers smaller businesses in the TDS Telecom service areas an opportunity to promote and sell TDS Telecom products and services.

　　Password - A code or word used to gain access to restricted data on a computer network. While passwords provide security against unauthorized users, the security system can only confirm that the password is legitimate², not whether the user is authorized¹ to use the password. That's why it is important to safeguard passwords by:

　　* Never disclosing your password to anyone.

　　* Creating a password that consists of letters, numbers, and symbols.

　　* Changing your password frequently.

　　PCS (Personal Communications Services) - Originally meant to describe digital service offered at a higher frequency (1900 MHz) than wireless³, it is now used as a generic⁴ term for all digital (versus analog) wireless.

　　PDF - An acronym⁵ for Portable Document Format⁶, PDF is a file type created by Adobe⁷ Systems, Inc. that allows fully⁸ formatted⁹, high-resolution documents to be easily transmitted across the Internet and viewed on any computer that has Adobe Acrobat¹⁰ Reader software.

　　Peering - The arrangement of information sharing between Internet Service Providers at various NAPs.

　　PIC Freeze - Pre-subscribed Interexchange Carrier Freeze. An agreement between a customer and their local telephone company to prevent ※slamming§ on their long distance telephone bill.

　　Pipeline¹¹ - An extremely high-speed, large capacity bandwidth connection.

　　Point of Presence (POP) - A location where a you can connect to a network through local telephone lines.

　　Point-to-Point Protocol¹² - A program that allows a computer to use a telephone line and modem¹³ to make TCP/IP connections.

　　PON (Passive Optical Network) - a fiber-based network built without active electronics. Because a PON network uses optical splitters rather than costly¹⁴ active electronics, it is less expensive to build and maintain than a network that uses active electronics. PONs are still more expensive than copper-based networks. A PON network is usually used in a local loop to connect customers to the central office. BPON (Broadband Passive Optical Network) is a broadband PON.

　　POP - See Point of Presence and Post Office Protocol

　　Post Office Protocol (POP) - A system that allows hosts to get e-mail from a server.

　　POPs (Population equivalents) - The population of a market multiplied by the percentage ownership of that market.

　　PPP - See Point to Point Protocol

1 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。

2 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

3 wireless   

adj.无线的；n.无线电

参考例句：

• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
• Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。

4 generic   

adj.一般的，普通的，共有的

参考例句：

• I usually buy generic clothes instead of name brands.我通常买普通的衣服，不买名牌。
• The generic woman appears to have an extraordinary faculty for swallowing the individual.一般妇女在婚后似乎有特别突出的抑制个性的能力。

5 acronym   

n.首字母简略词，简称

参考例句：

• That's a mouthful of an acronym for a very simple technology.对于一项非常简单的技术来说，这是一个很绕口的缩写词。
• TSDF is an acronym for Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities.TSDF是处理，储存和处置设施的一个缩写。

6 format   

n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排

参考例句：

• Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
• The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。

7 adobe   

n.泥砖，土坯，美国Adobe公司

参考例句：

• They live in an adobe house.他们住在一间土坯屋里。
• Adobe bricks must drived dried completely before are used.土坯砖块使用前一定要完全干燥。

8 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

9 formatted   

adj. 格式化的 动词format的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• Recovers Data even if DRIVE NOT FORMATTED message is displayed. 复苏的数据，即使驱动器未格式化的讯息显示。
• Cold-blood vertebrate has formatted multi-cold adaptation artifice in the various habitation environment. 冷血脊椎动物在多种多样栖息环境中形成多种耐寒策略。

10 acrobat   

n.特技演员，杂技演员

参考例句：

• The acrobat balanced a long pole on his left shoulder.杂技演员让一根长杆在他的左肩上保持平衡。
• The acrobat could bend himself into a hoop.这个杂技演员可以把身体蜷曲成圆形。

11 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。

12 protocol   

n.议定书，草约，会谈记录，外交礼节

参考例句：

• We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
• The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。

13 modem   

n.调制解调器

参考例句：

• Does your computer have a modem?你的电脑有调制解调器吗？
• Provides a connection to your computer via a modem.通过调制解调器连接到计算机上。

14 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。