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General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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self-electro-optic effect device

Telecommunications; General telecom

A random value, either from a random-number generator or a pseudorandom number generator, used as an input to a hash function, whose output is then used as an input parameter into a key-generation ...

Thousands-block

Telecommunications; General telecom

A range of one thousand telephone numbers within an NPA-NXX beginning with X000 and ending with X999, where X is a value from 0 to 9.

class of office

Telecommunications; General telecom

A ranking, assigned to each switching center in a communications network, determined by the center switching functions, interrelationships with other offices, and transmission requirements.

pulse

Telecommunications; General telecom

A rapid, transient change in the amplitude of a signal from a baseline value to a higher or lower value, followed by a rapid return to the baseline value. 2. A rapid change in some characteristic of ...

RED/BLACK concept

Telecommunications; General telecom

The Separation of electrical and electronic circuits, components, equipment, and systems that handle national security information (RED,) in electrical form, from those that handle non-national ...

data transmission

Telecommunications; General telecom

The sending of data from one place to another by means of signals over a channel.

fail soft

Telecommunications; General telecom

The selective termination of affected nonessential processing, when hardware or software failure is determined to be imminent.

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