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This is a list of telecommunication network terms derived from the Glossary of Telecommunication Terms published as Federal Standard 1037C. Please see the Federal Standard article for copyright-related issues, as not all parts of the source document are in the public domain.
Call originator - (or calling party, caller or A-party) a person or device that initiates a telephone call by dialling a telephone number.; Call waiting - a system that notifies a caller of another incoming telephone call by sounding a sound in the earpiece.
Not to be confused with Federal Supplement. Federal Standard 1037C, titled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms, is a United States Federal Standard issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. This document provides federal departments and agencies a comprehensive source of definitions of ...
NIC—Network Interface Controller or Network Interface Card; NIM—No Internal Message; NIO—Non-blocking I/O; NIST—National Institute of Standards and Technology; NLE—Non-Linear Editing system; NLP—Natural Language Processing; NLS—Native Language Support; NMI—Non-Maskable Interrupt; NNTP—Network News Transfer Protocol; NOC ...
This is a Glossary of Internet Terminology; ... Rate data transfers across a network ... About-the-web Glossary of Internet Terms Archived 2016-09-09 at the Wayback ...
Local area network Link and other layers Telecom Glossary: LAPB: Link Access Procedure, Balanced (x.25) Telecom ITU-T Recommendation X.222: LAPF Link-access procedure for Frame Relay: Telecom RFC 1490 LLC: Logical link control Link layer Telecom Glossary: MAC: Media access control Link layer IEEE Std 802.3 and 802.11, for example MAM
Also AM radio or AM. Used interchangeably with kilohertz (kHz) and medium wave. A modulation technique used in electronic communication where the amplitude (signal strength) of the wave is varied in proportion to that of the message signal. Developed in the early 1900s, this technique is most commonly used for transmitting an audio signal via a radio wave measured in kilohertz (kHz). See AM ...
In network theory, a set of nodes and interconnecting lines that can be given in one plane without crossing lines. plasma A state of matter where electric charges are free to move. plenum cable A fire-resistant data communications cable that is permitted to be installed in the air handling spaces of a modern building. plug-in hybrid