General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Block transfer attempt

Telecommunications; General telecom

A coordinated sequence of user and telecommunication system activities undertaken to effect transfer of an individual block from a source user to a destination user. Note: A block transfer attempt ...

Information-transfer transaction

Telecommunications; General telecom

A coordinated sequence of user and telecommunications system actions that cause information present at a source user to become present at a destination user. Note: An information-transfer transaction ...

End-of-medium character

Telecommunications; General telecom

A control character that may be used to identify either the physical end of a data medium or the end of the usable or used portion of a data medium.

Cancel character (CAN)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A control character used by some conventions to indicate that the data with which it is associated are in error or are to be disregarded. 2. An accuracy control character used to indicate that the ...

System blocking signal

Telecommunications; General telecom

A control message generated within a telecommunications system to indicate temporary unavailability of system resources required to complete a requested access. Note: The system blocking signal is ...

Access request

Telecommunications; General telecom

A control message issued by an access originator for the purpose of initiating an access attempt. 2. A signal sent to a network for the purpose of initiating the establishment of a network ...