General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Incidental-radiation device

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device that radiates radio frequency energy during the course of its operation although the device is not intentionally designed to generate radio frequency energy.

Head

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device that reads, writes, and/or erases data on a storage medium.

A device that reduces jitter in a digital signal. Note 1: A dejitterizer usually consists of an elastic buffer in which the signal is temporarily stored and then retransmitted at a rate based on the ...

Collimator

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device that renders divergent or convergent rays more nearly parallel. Note: The degree of collimation (parallelism) should be stated.

Active device

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device that requires a source of energy for its operation and has an output that is a function of present and past input signals. Note: Examples of active devices include controlled power supplies, ...

Sensor

Telecommunications; General telecom

A device that responds to a physical stimulus, such as thermal energy, electromagnetic energy, acoustic energy, pressure, magnetism, or motion, by producing a signal, usually electrical.