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General telecom
Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.
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Optical disc
Telecommunications; General telecom
A flat, circular, plastic disc coated with material on which bits may be stored in the form of highly reflective areas and significantly less reflective areas, from which the stored data may be read ...
Laser disc
Telecommunications; General telecom
A flat, circular, plastic disc coated with material on which bits may be stored in the form of highly reflective areas and significantly less reflective areas, from which the stored data may be read ...
Hard disc
Telecommunications; General telecom
A flat, circular, rigid plate with a magnetizable surface on one or both sides of which data can be stored. Note: A hard disc is distinguished from a diskette by virtue of the fact that it is rigid. ...
Field wire
Telecommunications; General telecom
A flexible insulated wire used in field telephone and telegraph systems. Note 1: WD-1 and WF-16 are types of field wire. Note 2: Field wire usually contains conductors and high-tensile-strength ...
Whip antenna
Telecommunications; General telecom
A flexible rod antenna, usually between 1/10 and 5/8 wavelength long, supported on a base insulator.
Inclusion
Telecommunications; General telecom
A foreign object present within, for example, an optical fibre or a crystal.
Reduced carrier transmission
Telecommunications; General telecom
A form of amplitude-modulation in which the carrier is transmitted at a controlled level below that which is required for demodulation, but at a level sufficient to serve as a frequency reference.
