General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Path quality matrix

Telecommunications; General telecom

A data bank that contains path-quality analyses used to support path selection and routing determination. Note: In adaptive radio automatic link establishment, path quality matrices contain path ...

Signalling channel

Telecommunications; General telecom

A data channel in combination with its associated signalling terminal equipment.

Multipoint link

Telecommunications; General telecom

A data communications link that interconnects three or more terminals.

Metropolitan area network (MAN)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A data communications network that (a) covers an area larger than a campus area network and smaller than a wide area network (WAN,) (b) interconnects two or more LANs, and (c) usually covers an ...

A data communications system that (a) lies within a limited spatial area, (b) has a specific user group, (c) has a specific topology, and (d) is not a public switched telecommunications network, but ...

Backup file

Telecommunications; General telecom

A copy of a file made for purposes of later reconstruction of the file, if necessary. Note: A backup file may be used for preserving the integrity of the original file and may be recorded on any ...

Job-recovery control file

Telecommunications; General telecom

A copy of a file made for purposes of later reconstruction of the file, if necessary. Note: A backup file may be used for preserving the integrity of the original file and may be recorded on any ...