| AC |
Alternating Current |
| AL |
Aluminum |
| AMP |
Ampere- the standard unit of measure for current. |
| ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
| AWG |
American Wire Gauge |
| AWM |
Appliance Wiring Material |
| BC |
Bare Copper |
| C |
Capacitance or degrees Celsius |
| CATV |
Community Antenna Television - Article 820 of the National Electrical Code |
| CCS |
Copper Clad Steel |
| CCTV |
Closed Circuit Television |
| CEC |
Canadian Electrical Code |
| CL2 |
Class 2 Circuits - Article 725 of the National Electrical Code |
| CL3 |
Class 3 Circuits - Article 725 of the National Electrical Code |
| CM |
Communication Cables - Article 800 of the National Electrical Code |
| CMA |
Circular Mil Area |
| CMP |
Communications Cable Plenum, NEC Article 800 |
| CMR |
Communications Cable Riser, NEC Article 800 |
| CSA |
Canadian Standards Association |
| CSA |
Canadian Standards Association |
| dB |
Decibel |
| DC |
Direct Current |
| EIA |
Electronics Industry Alliance |
| ER |
NEC Code for UL compliance for Exposed Run or Open Wiring |
| ETP |
Electrolytic Tough Pitch - The standard electrical grade of copper wire. |
| f |
Frequency |
| F |
Farad - The standard unit measure for capacitance. |
| FEP |
Fluorinated Ethylene-Propylene - A DuPont plastic compound in the Teflon family. |
| FFEP |
Foamed Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene |
| FM |
Factory Mutual |
| FPE |
Foamed Polyethylene |
| FPL |
Power-Limited Fire Alarm Circuits - Article 760 of the National Electrical Code |
| FRPE |
Flame Resistant Polyethylene |
| FT4 |
The Canadian Standards Association’s designation for their vertical flame test. |
| G |
Giga or 1,000,000,000 |
| GHz |
Gigahertz - One billion cycles per second. |
| Hz |
Hertz - One cycle per second. |
| I |
A symbol used to designate electrical current. |
| ICEA |
Insulated Cable Engineers Association |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| K |
Kilo or 1,000 |
| KHz |
Kilohertz - One thousand cycles per second. |
| L |
A symbol used to designate electrical inductance. |
| M |
Mega or 1,000,000 |
| MHz |
Megahertz - One million cycles per second. |
| MTW |
Machine Tool Wire |
| NCV |
Non-contaminating polyvinyl chloride |
| NEC |
National Electrical Code - Published by the National Fire Protection Association |
| NEMA |
National Electrical Manufacturer's Association |
| NFPA |
National Fire Protection Association |
| NFPA |
National Fire Protection Association |
| OFC |
Oxygen Free Copper - Copper that is at least 99.99% pure. |
| p |
Pico or .000000000001 |
| PE |
Polyethylene |
| Pf |
Picofarad - One billionth of a Farad |
| PLTC |
Power Limited Tray Cable - Article 725 of the National Electrical Code |
| PP |
Polypropylene |
| PU |
Polyurethane |
| PVC |
Polyvinyl Chloride |
| RG |
Radio Guide - The military designation for coaxial type cables. |
| SC |
Silver Clad |
| TC |
Tin Clad |
| TIA |
Telecommunications Infrastructure??? |
| TPE |
Thermoplastic Elastomer |
| TPR |
Thermoplastic Rubber |
| UL |
Underwriters Laboratories - An independent non-profit testing laboratory |
| V |
Voltage |
| XLPE |
Cross-linked Polyethylene |
