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For those of you who would like to familirize yourselves with the terms we commonly use I have included the most common terms.

[b]SMS/800 Acronyms[/b]

AT: Access Tandem
ATIS: Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
BOCs: Bell Operating Companies
CIC: Carrier Identification Code
CLC: Carrier Liaison Committee
CR: Customer Record
CSB: Client Support Bulletin
DOJ: Department of Justice
EFT: Electronic File Transfer
EO: End Office
FCC: Federal Communications Commission
IC: Interexchange Carrier
INC: Industry Numbering Committee
LATA: Local Access And Transport Area
LEC: Local Exchange Carrier
LSO: Local Serving Office
MGI: Mechanized Generic Interface
NANC: North American Numbering Council
NANPA: North American Numbering Plan Administration
NOF: Network Operations Forum
NPA: Numbering Plan Area
OBF: Ordering and Billing Forum
PBX: Private Branch Exchange
POP: Point Of Presence
POTS: Plain Old Telephone Service
RBOCs: Regional Bell Operating Companies
Resp Org: Responsible Organization
SCP: Service Control Point
SMS/800: 800 Service Management System
SMT: SMS/800 Management Team
SNAC: SMS/800 Number Administration Committee
SSP: Service Switching Point
SS7: Signaling System 7
STP: Signal Transfer Point
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
T/DR: Test / Disaster Recovery
URL: Uniform Resource Locators