Customer premises (or provided) equipment (CPE): Terminal and associated equipment and inside wiring located at a subscriber's premises and connected with a carrier's communication channel(s) at the demarcation point ("demarc") . For other uses of the word terminal, see the disambiguation page. ... Subscriber: In a public switched telecommunications network such as the common telephone system, the ultimate user, customer, of a communications service. ... In general, a carrier is a system with a specific property or is attributed of something (in physical or in abstract sense). ... Look up Channel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary In general, channel refers to the path between two endpoints. ... In telephone networks, the demarcation point is the point at which the telephone carriers local loop network ends and connects with the telephone system or wiring at the customers premeses. ...

In other words, CPE is an acronym meaning "customer premises equipment." The acronym is generally used to refer to telephones, DSL modems, cable modems or purchased set-top boxes for use with communication service providers' services. Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... DSL Modem Digital Subscriber Line, or DSL, is a family of technologies that provide a digital connection over the copper wires of the local telephone network. ... A cable modem is a special type of modem that is designed to modulate a data signal over cable television infrastructure. ... The term set-top box describes a device that connects to a television and some external source of signal, and turns the signal into content then displayed on the screen. ...

Note 1: The demarc is a point established in a building or complex to separate customer equipment from telephone company equipment. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Note 2: Excluded from CPE are over-voltage protection equipment and pay telephones.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C Federal Standard 1037C entitled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms is a U.S. Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. ...

In Electrolysis a Board Certified Electrologist who has passed training and exam criteria established by The American Electrology Association and Educational Testing Service's The Chauncey Group Although established in The United States Of America, the CPE is a recognized credential all over the world. In chemistry and manufacturing, electrolysis is a method of separating bonded elements and compounds by passing an electric current through them. ... The Educational Testing Service (or ETS) is the worlds largest private educational testing and measurement organization, operating on a annual budget of approximately $900 million. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... A credential is a proof of qualification, competence, or clearance that is attached to a person, and often considered an attribute of that person. ...

See Also

• Demarcation point
• Key system
• Private branch exchange