SNAFU (Situation Normal All Fouled Up)

Referring to a normal situation gone awry, the term is

generally attributed to U.S. military slang circa WWII. In contemporary usage, the spelled-out phrase is a bit more colorful and much less polite. See also FUBAR.

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• ABR (Available Bit Rate)
• absorption
• abstruse
• AC-3 (Adaptive Transform Coder 3)
• AC-3 (Adaptive Transform Coder 3)
• AC (Alternating Current)
• A Carrier
• acceptance angle
• Access BPL (Access Broadband over Power Line)
• Access BPL (Access Broadband over Power Line)
• access broadband over power line (Access BPL)
• access broadband over power line (Access BPL)
• access charges
• access circuit
• Access Manager
• access node
• access point (AP)
• access rate
• access service
• access tandem switch
• account code
• accounting management
• ACD (Automatic Call Distributor)
• ACELP (Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction)
• ACK (ACKnowledgement)