Glossary of Terms: A Reference Guide

Listed below are many common terms and acronyms associated with products listed on our site.

Use this as a reference guide as needed.

• AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone System)
• Attenuation
• Bandpass Filter
• Bessel Function
• Center frequency
• Chebyshev's Theorem (Bertrand's Postulate)
• Cutoff Frequency
• Decibel (dB)
• Dissipation
• Elliptic Function
• Gigahertz (GHz)
• Group Delay
• GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications)
• Hertz (Hz)

• Insertion Loss
• Linear Phase
• Passband
• PCS (Personal Communications Service)
• Phase (Phase Shift)
• Megahertz (MHz)
• Microwave
• Microwave Frequency Bands
• Q Factor (Quality Factor)
• Resonant Frequency
• Return Loss
• TDMA (Time division multiple access)
• UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System)
• VSWR (voltage standing wave ratio)
• Waveguide