Operations System (OS)
A central computer-based system used to provide operations, administration, and maintenance
functions.
OPS/INE
Operations System/Intelligent Network Element
OS
Operations System
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
OSMINE
Operations Systems Modifications for the Integration of Network Elements
OSP
Outside Plant
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P
P-bit
Performance Bit
Pass Through
Paths that are cross-connected directly across an intermediate node in a ring network.
Path
A logical connection between the point at which a standard frame format for the signal at the
given rate is assembled, and the point at which the standard frame format for the signal is
disassembled.
Path Protection Group
The part of a cross-connection topology that is provisioned to provide path-level protection
switching for all the constituent signals carried by the cross-connection. A path protection group
can be identified as an entity by its logical output tributary and its cross-connection rate. A path
protection group consists of one or more constituent path selectors.
PC
Personal Computer
PCMCIA
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
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