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General telecom
Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.
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a distributed network
Telecommunications; General telecom
The structure of the network where the network resource, such as switching equipment and processors, distributed throughout the geographical area served. Note: the network control can be centralized ...
A-condition
Telecommunications; General telecom
In a start-stop teletypewriter system, the significant condition of the signal element that immediately precedes a character signal or block signal and prepares the receiving equipment for the ...
Internal bias
Telecommunications; General telecom
In a start-stop teletypewriter receiving mechanism, bias generated locally by the mechanism, and which has the same effect on the operating margin as bias external to the receiver, i.e., applied ...
Process gain
Telecommunications; General telecom
In a spread-spectrum communications system, the signal gain, signal-to-noise ratio, signal shape, or other signal improvement obtained by coherent band spreading, remapping, and reconstitution of the ...
Blue noise
Telecommunications; General telecom
In a spectrum of frequencies, a region in which the spectral density, i.e., power per hertz, is proportional to the frequency.
Minimum-dispersion slope
Telecommunications; General telecom
In a single-mode optical fiber, the rate of change of dispersion, with respect to wavelength, at the fiber's zero-dispersion wavelength. Note 1: In silica-based optical fibers, the zero-dispersion ...
Zero-dispersion slope
Telecommunications; General telecom
In a single-mode optical fiber, the rate of change of dispersion, with respect to wavelength, at the fiber's zero-dispersion wavelength. Note 1: In silica-based optical fibers, the zero-dispersion ...