Here are the most common telecom acronyms starting with B from the world of Telecom/Networking.
← Back to Full Telecom Acronyms| B channel | Bearer channel (circuit-switched channel of 64 kbps for either voice or data) |
| B/I | Burn In (MFG) |
| b1 | bit 1 |
| B8ZS | Binary with Eight Zero Suppression |
| B8ZS | Bipolar 8 Zero Substitution (or Bipolar with 8-Zero Substitution) |
| BA | Basic Agreement |
| BA | Business Area (IS) |
| BAA | Business Area Analysis (IS) |
| BAC | Billing Account Code |
| BAFO | Best and Final Offer |
| balun | Balanced to Unbalanced |
| BAS | Basic System |
| BASIC | Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code |
| BB | Billing Block |
| BBER | Background Bit Error Ratio |
| BBF | Blue Box Fraud |
| Bc | Committed Burst Size |
| BCC | Block Check Character |
| BCD | Binary Coded Decimal |
| BCDR | Billing Call Detail Record |
| BCI | Bit-Count Integrity |
| BCON | Battery Connect |
| BCPL | Basic Combined Programming Language |
| BCR | Budget Comparison Report |
| BCS | Batch Change Supplement |
| BCS | Batch Change Supplement (Northern Telecom Inc.) |
| BCS | British Computer Society |
| BCS | Bulk Change Supplement |
| BCS | Bulk Change Supplement (AT&T) |
| BCS | Business Communications System |
| BCSA | Business Communications System Architecture |
| BCT | Business Communications Terminal |
| BDAM | Basic Direct Access Method |
| BDLC | Burroughs Data Link Control |
| BDM | Badger Meter |
| BDP | Business Data Processing |
| BDS | Bill Delivery Systems |
| BDT | Billing Data Transmitter |
| BE | Board Enable |
| Be | Excess Burst Size |
| BEA | Bureau of Economic Analysis (Dept. of Commerce) |
| BEARS | Batch Error Analysis Resolution System |
| BECN | Backward Explicit Congestion Notification |
| BEL | 10 decibels/transmission units giving the ratio of two powers |
| Bellcore | Bell Communications Research |
| BERT | Bit Error Rate Test(ing) |
| BEST | Building Excellence in Supervisory Training |
| BEST | Building Excellence in Supervisory Training |
| BEX | Broadband Exchange |
| BFRP | Business Function Recovery Plan |
| BFs | Signaling framing bit sequence |
| BFt | Framing bit sequence |
| BH | Busy Hour |
| BHCA | Busy Hour Call Attempts |
| BHCA | Busy Hour Call Attempts |
| BIA | Business Impact Analysis |
| BIAC | Broadband Integrated Access Controller |
| BIC | Building Industry Consultant |
| BIC | Bus Interface Controller |
| BICT | Business Improvement Core Team |
| BIG | Billing Improvement Group (IPS) |
| BILLNUM | Billing Number Field in the CDR |
| BINAC | Binary Northrop Automatic Computer |
| BIP | Bit Interleaved Parity |
| BIP | Built In Place |
| BIS | Business Information Systems |
| BISAM | Basic Indexed Sequential Access Method |
| B-ISDN | Broadband ISDN |
| Bisync | Binary synchronous (character-oriented protocol) |
| Bit | Binary digit |
| BITS | Billable Traffic Study |
| BIU | Bus Interface Unit |
| BLDN | Blank Directory Number |
| BLERT | Block Error Rate Testing |
| BLF | Busy Lamp Field |
| B-link | The wired connection between the stage 1 switch in a Line Switch frame and the stage 0 switch in a Line Junctor Switch frame; the wired connection between the stage 1 switch in a Trunk Switch frame and the stage 0 switch in a Trunk Junctor Switch frame. |
| B-MAN | Broadband Metropolitan Area Network |
| BMC | Billing Media Converter |
| BMD | Biomedical (computer programs) |
| BMDP | Biomedical (computer programs-P series) |
| BMG | Business Marketing Group |
| BMG | Business Marketing Group (S) |
| BMIS | Business Maintenance and Installation Services |
| BMT | Basic Modular Telephone |
| BMU | Bus Multiplexing Unit |
| BN2 | Broadband Network 2000 |
| BNF | Backus-Naur Form |
| BNL | Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| BNR | Bell-Northern Research |
| BNS | Basic Network Services |
| BNS | Billed Number Screening |
| BOA | Basic Ordering Agreement |
| BOC(s) | Bell Operating Company (ies) |
| BOCC | Building Operation Control Center |
| BOD | Building Occupancy Date |
| BOLD | Bit Oriented Link Discipline (NCR) |
| BOM | Bill of Material (MFG) |
| BOM | Bill of Materials |
| BOR | Basic Output Report |
| BOSS | Billing and Order Support System |
| BP | Bipolar |
| BPAD | Bisynchronous Packet Assembler/Disassembler |
| bpi | bits per inch |
| BPR | Billing Problem Referral |
| bps | bits per second |
| BPS | Bits Per Second |
| BPSS | Basic Packet Switching |
| BPV | Bipolar Violation |
| BRC | Bus Repeater Card |
| BRCS | Business and Residence Customer Services |
| BRI | Basic Rate Interface |
| BRITE | Basic Rate Interface Transmission Extension |
| BROOT | Backup ROOT (UNIX file system) |
| BS | Banded Signaling |
| BS | Billing Server |
| BSA | Basic Serving Arrangement |
| BSA | Bulk Services Agreement |
| BSA | Business Systems Architecture (IS) |
| BSAM | Basic Sequential Access Method |
| BSC | Billing Server Client |
| BSC | Binary Synchronous Communication |
| BSC | Broadband Services Center *** |
| BSC | Business Service Center |
| BSC/SO | Business Service Center/Service Order |
| BSD | Business Systems Development (IS) |
| BSE | Basic Service Element |
| BSG | Business Services Group (S) |
| BSP | Bell System Practice |
| BSP | Burroughs Scientific Processor |
| BSRF | Basic Synchronization Reference Frequency |
| BSRF | Bell System Reference Frequency |
| BSRS | Bell System Repair Specification |
| B-Tables | Billing Rate Tables |
| BTAM | Basic Telecommunications Access Method |
| BTBA | Battery Termination Bus Assembly |
| BTN | Bell Telephone Number |
| BTN | Billing Telephone Number |
| BTSR | Bootstrapper |
| BVC | Billing Validation Center |
| BWM | Broadcast Warning Message |
| BX.25 | AT&T version of X.25 |
