General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Master clock

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device that generates periodic, accurately spaced signals that are used for such purposes as timing, regulation of the operations of a processor, or generation of interrupts.

Voice-operated gain-adjusting device (vogad)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device that has a substantially constant output amplitude over a wide range of input amplitudes.

A device that has at least one output channel and one or more input channels, all characterised by discrete states, such that the state of each output channel is determined by the previous states of ...

Modulator

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device that imposes a signal on a carrier.

Bandpass limiter

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device that imposes hard limiting on a signal and contains a philtre that suppresses the unwanted products (harmonics) of the limiting process.

Compandor

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device that incorporates a compressor and an expander, each of which may be used independently.

Pulse link repeater (PLR)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device that interfaces concatenated E&M signal paths. Note 1: A PLR converts a ground, received from the E lead of one signal path, to -48 Vdc, which is applied to the M lead of the ...