General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Backward sequence number (BSN)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A field in a signal unit that contains the forward sequence number of a correctly received signal unit being acknowledged in the signal unit that is being returned to the sender.

Antenna coupler

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device used to match the impedance of a transmitter and/or receiver to an antenna to provide maximum power transfer.

Voice-operated device anti-sing (vodas)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device used to prevent overall voice-frequency singing in a two-way telephone circuit by ensuring that transmission can occur in only one direction at any given instant.

Mode philtre

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device used to select, reject, or attenuate a certain mode or modes.

Terminus

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device used to terminate, position, and hold an optical fibre within a connector.

Single class device

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device which can only be used to process information of a single security class at a time.

A device whose output data are a representation of the sum of the numbers represented by its input data. Note: An adder may be serial or parallel, digital or analog. 2. A device whose output data are ...