General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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last-in first-out (LIFO)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A queuing discipline in which entities in a queue leave in the reverse order of the sequence in which they arrive. Note: Service, when available, is offered to the entity that has been in the LIFO ...

first-in last-out (FILO)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A queuing discipline in which entities in a queue leave the queue in the reverse order from that in which they arrived. Note: An understanding of FILO techniques is important in the understanding of ...

first-in first-out (FIFO)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A queuing discipline in which entities in a queue leave the queue in the same order in which they arrive. Note 1: Service, when available, is offered to the entity that has been in the FIFO queue the ...

over-the-horizon radar

Telecommunications; General telecom

A radar system that makes use of the atmospheric reflection and refraction phenomena to extend its range of detection beyond line of sight. Over-the-horizon radars may be either forward scatter or ...

slot antenna

Telecommunications; General telecom

A radiating element formed by a slot in a conducting surface or in the wall of a waveguide.

radio beam

Telecommunications; General telecom

A radiation pattern from a directional antenna, such that the energy of the transmitted electromagnetic wave is confined to a small angle in at least one dimension.