General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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circuit kilometers

Telecommunications; General telecom

The route kilometers of revenue producing circuits in service, determined by measuring the length in terms of kilometers, of the actual path followed by the transmission medium.

decompression

Telecommunications; General telecom

The reversal of the procedure conducted by the compression algorithm, which reversal returns the data to its original size and condition.

Decipherment

Telecommunications; General telecom

The reversal of a corresponding reversible encipherment.

information feedback

Telecommunications; General telecom

The return of received data to the source, usually for the purpose of checking the accuracy of transmission by comparison with the original data.

The return of a portion of the output, or processed portion of the output, of a (usually active) device to the input. Note 1: The feedback signal will have a certain magnitude and phase relationship ...

far field

Telecommunications; General telecom

The region where the angular field distribution is essentially independent of distance from the source. Note 1: If the source has a maximum overall dimension D that is large compared to the ...

storage

Telecommunications; General telecom

The retention of data in any form, usually for the purpose of orderly retrieval and documentation. 2. A device consisting of electronic, electrostatic, electrical, hardware, or other elements into ...