General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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database

Telecommunications; General telecom

A set of data that is required for a specific purpose or is fundamental to a system, project, enterprise, or business. Note: A database may consist of one or more data banks and be geographically ...

record

Telecommunications; General telecom

A set of data treated as a unit. 2. To write data on a medium, such as magnetic tape, magnetic disk, or optical disk. 3. In PCS (personal communications services,) a string of bytes within an ...

redirecting number (RN)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A set of digits and related indicators (type of number, numbering plan identification, screening indicator, presentation indicator) that provide numbering information related to the redirecting ...

calling party number (CPN)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A set of digits and related indicators (type of number, numbering, plan identification, screening indicator, presentation indicator) that provide numbering information related to the calling party.

A set of elements onto which another set of elements has been mapped according to a code. Note: Examples of coded sets include the list of names of airports that is mapped onto a set of corresponding ...

external environment

Telecommunications; General telecom

A set of external entities to the application platform with which information is exchanged. External entities include people, exchangeable media that is not mounted in the platform, communication ...

satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A satellite-based direct-broadcast radio service in which digitally encoded audio entertainment material is broadcast to Earth-based receivers, either directly from an orbiting satellite, or--in ...