ESP
Electrostatic Protection
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F
Free Running
An operating condition of a clock in which its local oscillator is not locked to an internal
synchronization reference and is using no storage techniques to sustain its accuracy.
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G
GB
Gigabytes
Gbit/s
Gigabits per second
GE
Gigabit Ethernet
GHz
Gigahertz
Global Wait to Restore Time
Corresponds to the time to wait before switching back to the timing reference. It occurs after a
timing link failure has cleared. This time applies for all timing sources in a system hence the
name global. This can be between 0 and 60 minutes, in increments of one minute.
GND
Ground
GNE (Gateway Network Element)
A network element that passes information between other network elements and management
systems through a data communication network.
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H
Holdover
An operating condition of a clock in which its local oscillator is not locked to an external
reference but is using storage techniques to maintain its accuracy with respect to the last known
frequency comparison with a synchronization reference.
HW
Hardware
Hz
Hertz
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Issue a, April 2002