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General telecom
Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.
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long silent interval
Telecommunications; General telecom
A silent interval during a ringing cycle or pattern that lasts at least 1200 ms.
silicon photodiode
Telecommunications; General telecom
A silicon-based PN- or PIN-junction photodiode. Note 1: Such photodiodes are useful for direct detection of optical wavelengths shorter than approximately 1 m. Note 2: Because of their greater ...
lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP)
Telecommunications; General telecom
A simplified version of the X. 500 standard, which version consists of a set of protocols developed for accessing information directories.
virtual world
Telecommunications; General telecom
A simulated environment that appears to have the characteristics of some other environment, and in which participants perceive themselves as interactive parts.
isolated NRZ pulse
Telecommunications; General telecom
A single bit period of logical value "1" with adjacent bit periods of logical value "0".
interoffice trunk
Telecommunications; General telecom
A single direct transmission channel, e.g., voice-frequency circuit, between central offices.
interswitch trunk
Telecommunications; General telecom
A single direct transmission channel, e.g., voice-frequency circuit, between switching nodes.
