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ABR (Area Border Router)

A router located between several areas in a hierarchical OSPF network. These routers' function are to summarize subnets to the rest of the OSPF autonomous system. These routers must maintain topology information from multiple areas, and are therefore typically robust in resources.

The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934 as the successor to the Federal Radio Commission and is charged with regulating all non-Federal Government use of the radio spectrum (including radio and television broadcasting), and all interstate telecommunications (wire, satellite and cable) as well as all international communications that originate or terminate in the United States. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. possessions.