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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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tolerance field
Telecommunications; General telecom
The region between two curves, such as circles or rectangles, used to specify the tolerance on component size and geometry. 2. Pertaining to the cross section of an optical fiber, ...
update
Telecommunications; General telecom
The regeneration of a display to show current status, based on changes to the previously displayed data. Note: An update can be accomplished upon user request or by automatic ...
surface refractivity
Telecommunications; General telecom
The refractive index of the Earth's atmosphere, calculated from observations of pressure, temperature, and humidity at the surface of the Earth. Note: The surface refractivity ...
total internal reflection
Telecommunications; General telecom
The reflection that occurs when light, in a higher refractive-index medium, strikes an interface, with a medium with a lower refractive index, at an angle of incidence (with ...
reflectivity
Telecommunications; General telecom
The reflectance at the surface of a material so thick that the reflectance does not change with increasing thickness, i.e., the intrinsic reflectance of the surface, irrespective ...
data compaction
Telecommunications; General telecom
The reduction of the number of data elements, bandwidth, cost, and time for the generation, transmission, and storage of data without loss of information by eliminating ...
bandwidth compression
Telecommunications; General telecom
The reduction of the bandwidth needed to transmit a given amount of data in a given time. 2. The reduction of the time needed to transmit a given amount of data in a given ...
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