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Telecommunications

Of or pertaining to the transmission of information over a distance, and the technology used to achieve this communication.

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applet

Telecommunications; General telecom

A small, self-contained computer program that usually performs a task as part of, or under the control of, a larger software application. For example, most modern World Wide Web ...

E-bend

Telecommunications; General telecom

A smooth change in the direction of the axis of a waveguide, throughout which the axis remains in a plane parallel to the direction of electric E-field (transverse) polarization. ...

H-bend

Telecommunications; General telecom

A smooth change in the direction of the axis of a waveguide, throughout which the axis remains in a plane parallel to the direction of magnetic H-field (transverse) polarization. ...

h-plane bend

Telecommunications; General telecom

A smooth change in the direction of the axis of a waveguide, throughout which the axis remains in a plane parallel to the direction of magnetic H-field (transverse) polarization. ...

archive file

Telecommunications; General telecom

A software file that has been set aside, often in a redundant storage medium, as a security measure or for later retrieval, e.g., for research or verification.

cinepak

Telecommunications; General telecom

A software file-compression scheme for video on low-power central processing units (CPUs,) and typically operating with 320 x 240 pixels at 15 frames per second.

hyperlink

Telecommunications; General telecom

A software function that (a) is manifest to the user as displayed, selectable words or icons, and (b) allows viewers of an HTML document to navigate thereby to another HTML ...