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CAP

(1) (Competitive Access Provider) An organization that competes with the established telecommunications provider in an area.

(2) (Carrierless Amplitude Phase) A type of ADSL service. See DSL.

(3) (CAMEL Application Part) The protocol used to implement CAMEL functions in the GSM system. CAP is the CAMEL counterpart of the INAP protocol and resides at the same level in the SS7 protocol suite. See INAP and CAMEL.

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cap

1. Sport chiefly Brit

a. an emblematic hat or beret given to someone chosen for a representative team

b. a player chosen for such a team

2. the upper part of a pedestal in a classical order

3. Botany the pileus of a mushroom or toadstool

4. Hunting

a. money contributed to the funds of a hunt by a follower who is neither a subscriber nor a farmer, in return for a day's hunting

b. a collection taken at a meet of hounds, esp for a charity

5. Anatomy

a. the natural enamel covering a tooth

b. an artificial protective covering for a tooth

6. an upper financial limit

7. a mortarboard when worn with a gown at an academic ceremony (esp in the phrase cap and gown)

8. Meteorol

a. the cloud covering the peak of a mountain

b. the transient top of detached clouds above an increasing cumulus

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CAP

Common Agricultural Policy: (in the EU) the system for supporting farm incomes by maintaining agricultural prices at agreed levels

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1.	(networking)	CAP - Columbia AppleTalk Package.
2.	(communications)	CAP - Carrierless Amplitude/Phase Modulation.
3.	(networking)	CAP - Competitive Access Provider