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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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trusted process

Telecommunications; General telecom

A process that has privileges to circumvent the system security policy and has been tested and verified to operate only as intended.

address signaling

Telecommunications; General telecom

A process used to convey address information; two address signaling methods, dial pulse (DP) and dual tone multifrequency (DTMF,) are used in telephone systems.

data validation

Telecommunications; General telecom

A process used to determine if data are accurate, complete, or meet specified criteria.

load sharing

Telecommunications; General telecom

A process used to route signaling traffic over two or more signaling routes for purposes of traffic equalization or security.

data authentication

Telecommunications; General telecom

A process used to verify data integrity, e.g., verification that data received are identical to data sent, or verification that a program is not infected by a virus.

Coordinated Conversion

Telecommunications; General telecom

A process whereby a portion of the equipment or facilities from an existing service is to be reused in a replacement service.

mediation

Telecommunications; General telecom

A process within the communications management network that acts on information passing between network elements (NEs) and operating systems (OSs) via a data communication ...