General telecom

General telecom

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simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A protocol used to transfer e-mail between or among servers. Note: End-users then employ Post Office Protocol to transfer messages to individual terminals.

connection

Telecommunications; General telecom

A provision for a signal to propagate from one point to another, such as from one circuit, line, subassembly, or component to another. 2. An association established between functional units for ...

duobinary signal

Telecommunications; General telecom

A pseudobinary-coded signal in which a "0" ("zero") bit is represented by a zero-level electric current or voltage; a "1" ("one") bit is represented by a positive-level current or voltage if the ...

alternate mark inversion (AMI) signal

Telecommunications; General telecom

A pseudoternary signal, representing binary digits, in which (a) successive "marks" are of alternately positive and negative polarity and the absolute values of their amplitudes are normally equal ...

GSM

Telecommunications; General telecom

A public all-digital cellular network using TDMA techniques for multiplexing and using a transmission band around 900 MHz. GSM formerly identified the Groupe Speciale Mobile of the European ...

rural radio service

Telecommunications; General telecom

A public radio service rendered by fixed stations on frequencies below 1000 MHz used to provide (1) Basic Exchange Telecommunications Radio Service, which is public message communication service ...

global system for mobile communications (GSM)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A public, all-digital cellular network that is standardized worldwide and that uses (a) TDMA techniques for multiplexing at approximately 900 MHz, (b) compressed voice at about 13 kb/s, (c) 16 kb/s ...