Glossary for Region 14 ESC Instructional Technology Department
"ISO" is not an acronym. Derived from the Greek
word "isos" (meaning "equal"), ISO is the International Organization for
Standardization. The main ISO website is:
www.iso.org
ACD Automated
Call Distributor
ADSL Asymmetrical
Digital Subscriber Line
AEIS-It Academic
Excellence Indicator System
ASA Average
Speed of Answer
AskTED Texas
Education Directory
AT&T American
Telephone and Telegraph
ATM Asynchronous
Transfer Mode
AYP Adequate
Yearly Progress
B-ISDN Broadband
Integrated Services Digital Network
BRI Basic
Rate InterfaceSDN
CAPnet Capitol
Area FDDI Network
CCTS Capitol
Complex Telephone Systems
CERT
CERT® Coordination Center (CERT/CC)
CES Circuit
Emulation Service
CISV
Catalog Information Systems Vendor Program (previously
QISV)
CLEC Competitive
Local Exchange Carrier
COG
Councils of Government
CSB Central
Services Building
CSEC Commission
on State Emergency Communications
CTE Career
and Technology Education
CVC
Capitol
Visitors Center
DADS
Department of Aging and Disability Services
DCG
Dewitt C. Greer Building
DHCP Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol
DHS Department
of Human Services
(defunct September 2004)
DID Direct
Inward Dialing
DIR Department
of Information Resources
DPS Department
Public Safety
DS0 Digital
Signal Zero
DNS Domain
Name System
eGrants web
portal for TEA grant applications
EOT Ernest
O. Thompson Building
E-Rate name
for the Schools and Libraries Universal Service Support Mechanism
EXT Capitol
Extension Building (Underground)
FDDI Fiber
Distributed Digital Interface Infrastructure
GBPS Gigabits
Per Second
GM Governor's
Mansion
GSC General
Services Commission
GTE General
Telephone Company (Now
Verizon… see history)
HHSCN Health
and Human Services Consolidated Network
HTTP Hypertext
Transport Protocol
IETF Internet
Engineering Task Force
ILEC Incumbent
Internet Local Exchange Carrier
IMA Inverse
Multiplexing over ATM
IP Internet
Protocol
IPsec Internet
Protocol Security
ISDN Integrated
Services Digital Network
ISP Internet
Service Provider
ISTE
The International Society for Technology in Education
JCIT Judicial
Committee on Information Technology
JER James
Earl Rudder Building
JHR John
H. Reagan Building
KBBS
Kilobits Per Seconds
LAN Local
Area Network
LATA Local
Access Transport Area
LBB Legislative
Budget Board
LBJ Lyndon
B. Johnson Building
LEO Low
Earth Orbit
LRPT Long
Range Plan for Technology
MBPS Megabits
Per Second
MIS Management
Information System
(software used by a number of ESCs)
MTTR Mean
Time To Repair
MTTC Master
Technology Teacher Certification
MVDS Multipoint
Video Service
NCLB No
Child Left Behind
NECC
National Educational Computing Conference
NII National
Information Infrastructure Initiative
NNI Network
to Network Node Interface
NOS
Network Operating System
OAG Office
of the Attorney General of Texas
OC-1 Optical
Carrier Level - 1
OCA Office
of Court Administration
OS Operating
System
PBX Private
Branch Exchange
PDAS Professional
Development and Appraisal System
PDB Price
Daniel, Sr. Building
PDN Public
Data Network
PEIMS Public
Education Information Management System
PNNI Private
Network to Network Interface
PUC Public
Utility Commission
PURA Public
Utility Regulatory Act
QISV Qualified
Information System Services Vendor (replaced
by
CSIV)
QMS
Quality Management System
QoS Quality
of Service
REJ Robert
E. Johnson Building
RESC Regional
Education Service Centers
RFO Request
for Offer
RMICC Records
Management Information Coordinating Council
RRC Railroad
Commission
RSCCC
Regional Service Center Computer Cooperative
SBC Southwestern
Bell Corporation
SCB Supreme
Court Building
SDH Synchronous
Digital Hierarchy
SDN Software
Defined Network
SFA Stephen
F. Austin Building
SHB Sam
Houston Building
SIB State
Insurance Building
SIBX State
Insurance Building Annex
SIPAC
State Infrastructure Protection Advisory Committee
SMTP Simple
Mail Transfer Protocol
SOAH State
Office of Administrative Hearings
SONET Synchronous
Optical Network
SPOC Single
Point of Contact (or State Point of Contact)
SRRPUB Standards
Review and Recommendation Publication
STaR Chart
School Technology and Readiness
SWBT Southwestern
Bell Telephone
TAKS Texas
Assessment of Knowledge and Skills
TATC
Technology
Applications Teacher Certification Preparation
TATN Technology
Applications Teacher Network
TARC
Texas Association of Regional Councils
TBPC
Texas Building and Procurement Commission
TCC Tom
C. Clark Building
TCP/IP Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCPN Texas
Cooperative Purchasing Network
TDCJ
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
TDH
Texas Department of Health
TEA
Texas Education Agency
TEC
Texas Ethics Commission
TEKS Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS
Technology Apps)
TEEX
Texas Engineering Extension Service
TETN
Texas Education Telecommunications Network
TETPC
Texas Educational Technology "Group" Purchasing
Consortium
TEX-AN
Texas Agency Network
THC
Texas Historical Commission Building
THECB
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
THEnet
Texas Higher Education Network
TIF Telecommunications
Infrastructure Fund Board (defunct…assumed by
TWC)
Title II, Part D Title
II, Part D – Enhancing Education Through Technology
TJR Thomas
Jefferson Rusk Building
TLC
Texas Legislative Council
TLETS DPS
Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System
TPG Telecommunications
Planning Group (predecessor to TPOC)
TPESC
Technology Planning and Erate Support
TPOC
Texas Planning and Oversight Council
TPW
Texas Parks and Wildlife
TRACS
Texas
Review and Comment System
TRAIL Texas
Records and Information Locator
TRM Transport
Resource Management
TRS Teacher
Retirement System Building
TRS
Teacher Retirement System of Texas
TSD Telecommunications
Services Division
TSEL
Texas State Electronic Library
(predecessor to
TSLAC)
TSLAC
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
TSHM
Texas State History Museum
(Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum)
T-STAR
Texas School Telecommunications Access Resource
(defunct since 2003)
TTTC Texas
Teacher Technology Competencies
TVRO
Television Receive-Only
TWC
Texas Workforce Commission
Workforce Center of West Central Texas
TWCC
Texas Worker's Compensation Commission (History)
TWCX
Texas Workforce Commission Annex
TxSDC
Texas State Data Center
Link to the San Angelo Data Facility
TxDOT
Texas Department of Transportation
UNI User
to Network Interface
URL Uniform
Resource Locator
US-CERT
partnership between the CERT/CC and the Department of Homeland Security
vBNS
Very High-Speed Backbone Network Service
VidNet
Video Network (History)
VCC
Virtual Channel Connection
VPC Virtual
Path Connection
VPN Virtual
Private Network
WAN Wide
Area Network
WBT William
B. Travis Building
WCTCOG
West Central Texas Council of Governments
WPC William
P. Clements, Jr. Building
WTDROC West Texas
Disaster Recovery and Operations Center (now
TxSDC)
WTTC
West Texas Telecommunications Consortium
Revision History
Original Document
glossary.htm created March 6, 2006 Author: Russell Smith
Revision 1 March 8,
2006 (added WTDROC )
Revision 2 June 6, 2006 (added
ISO)
Revision 3 November 7, 2006
(added
TPESC)
Revision 4 November 14, 2006 (added
QMS )
