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General telecom
Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.
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Mode scrambler
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device for inducing mode coupling in an optical fiber. 2. A device composed of one or more optical fibres in which strong mode coupling occurs. Note: Mode scramblers are used to provide a modal ...
Mode mixer
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device for inducing mode coupling in an optical fiber. 2. A device composed of one or more optical fibres in which strong mode coupling occurs. Note: Mode scramblers are used to provide a modal ...
Connector
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device for mating and demating electrical power connexions or communications media. Note: A connector is distinguished from a splice, which is a permanent yyjoint.
Traffic usage recorder
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device for measuring and recording the amount of telephone traffic carried by a group, or several groups, of switches or trunks.
Down-converter
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device for performing frequency translation in such a manner that the output frequencies are lower in the spectrum than the input frequencies.
Linear device
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device for which the output is, within a given dynamic range, linearly proportional to the input.
Orthomode transducer
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device forming part of an antenna feed and serving to combine or separate orthogonally polarised signals.
