Federal Standard 1037C
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Federal Standard 1037C, titled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms is a United States
United States
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 Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration
General Services Administration
The General Services Administration is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies. The GSA supplies products and communications for U.S...

 pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 is a United States federal law that established the General Services Administration . The act also provides for various Federal Standards to be published by the GSA...

, as amended.

This document provides Federal departments and agencies a comprehensive source of definitions of terms used in telecommunications and directly related fields by international and U.S. Government telecommunications specialists.

As a publication of the U.S. Government, prepared by an agency of the U.S. Government, it appears to be mostly available as a public domain
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 resource, but a few items are derived from copyrighted
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 sources: where this is the case, there is an attribution to the source.

This standard was superseded in 2001 by American National Standard
American National Standards Institute
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 T1.523-2001, Telecom Glossary 2000, which is published by ATIS
Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions is a standards organization that develops technical and operational standards for the telecommunication industry. ATIS is headquartered in Washington, D.C....

. The old standard is still frequently used, because the new standard is not in the public domain.

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