---
kind: "section"
citation: "47 C.F.R. § 13.3"
title: "47"
number: "13.3"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/47/13.3"
---

# §13.3. Definitions.


The definitions of terms used in [part 13](/cfr/47/part13.md) are:

- (a) **COLEM.** Commercial operator license examination manager.
- (b) **Commercial radio operator.** A person holding a license or licenses specified in [§ 13.7(b)](/cfr/47/13.7.md?p=b).
- (c) **GMDSS.** Global Maritime Distress and Safety System.
- (d) **FCC.** Federal Communications Commission.
- (e) **International Morse Code.** A dot-dash code as defined in International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) Recommendation F.1 (1984), Division B, I. Morse code.
- (f) **ITU.** International Telecommunication Union.
- (g) **PPC.** Proof-of-Passing Certificate.
- (h) **Question pool.** All current examination questions for a designated written examination element.
- (i) **Question set.** A series of examination questions on a given examination selected from the current question pool.
- (j) **Radio Regulations.** The latest ITU Radio Regulations to which the United States is a party.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 9124, Feb. 19, 1993, unless otherwise noted.