pointer

An identifier that indicates the position of an item of data within a frame. In a SONET frame, for example, a pointer indicates the position of a Virtual Tributary (VT) within a Virtual Tributary Group (VTG).The pointer also serves a synchronization function. See also data, frame, SDH, SONET, synchronize, VT, and VTG.

• PD (Powered Device)
• PDU (Protocol Data Unit)
• PDU (Protocol Data Unit)
• peak cell rate (PCR)
• pedant
• peer-to-peer
• people
• PE (Phase Encoding)
• PE (Phase Encoding)
• Perceptual Analysis Measurement System (PAMS)
• Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ)
• Perceptual Speech Quality Measurement plus (PSQM+)
• Perceptual Speech Quality Measurement (PSQM)
• performance management
• per-hop behavior (PHB)
• peripheral
• permanent virtual circuits (PVC)
• persistence of vision
• Personal Access Communications Services (PACS)
• personal area network (PAN)
• personal communications network (PCN)
• personal communications services (PCS)
• Personal Communications Services (PCS)
• Personal Communications System (PCS)
• Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA)