Telecommunications

Telecommunications

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

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desensitation

Telecommunications; General telecom

The reduction of desired signal gain as a result of receiver reaction to an undesired signal. Note: The gain reduction is generally due to overload of some portion of the receiver ...

demodulation

Telecommunications; General telecom

The recovery, from a modulated carrier, of a signal having substantially the same characteristics as the original modulating signal.

detection

Telecommunications; General telecom

The recovery of information from an electrical or electromagnetic signal. Note: Conventional radio waves are usually detected by heterodyning, i.e., coherent reception/detection. ...

backward recovery

Telecommunications; General telecom

The reconstruction of an earlier version of a file by using a newer version of data recorded in a journal.

sampling interval

Telecommunications; General telecom

The reciprocal of the sampling rate, i.e., the interval between corresponding points on two successive sampling pulses of the sampling signal.

sequential transmission

Telecommunications; General telecom

The sequential transmission of the signal elements of a group representing a character or other entity of data. Note: The characters are transmitted in a sequence over a single ...