General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Relational database

Telecommunications; General telecom

A database that consists of data in simple tables (i.e., rows and columns) and that has no system dependencies (e. G. , pointers to other data. )

Connection-oriented data transfer protocol

Telecommunications; General telecom

A data-transfer protocol in which a logical connexion is established between end user terminals.

A date in history, chosen as the reference date from which time is measured. Note 1: An example of an epoch date is the beginning instant of January 1, 1900, Universal Time, for Transmission Control ...

Undisturbed day

Telecommunications; General telecom

A day during which neither sunspot activity nor ionospheric disturbance causes detectable interfere with radio communications.

Dial pulse

Telecommunications; General telecom

A dc pulse produced by an end instrument that interrupts a steady current at a sequence and rate determined by the selected digit and the operating characteristics of the instrument.