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Invalid frame

Telecommunications; General telecom

A frame for which one or more of the following conditions apply: the frame is not properly bounded by flags; the frame does not consist of an integral number of octets prior to zero-bit insertion or ...

Freeze frame

Telecommunications; General telecom

A frame of visual information that is selected from a set of motion video frames, and is held in a buffer.

Message frame

Telecommunications; General telecom

A frame that consists of the channel seizure signal, the mark signal, the message, the checksum word, and any possible filler marks.

Lost frame

Telecommunications; General telecom

A frame that is not delivered to the destination user within an agreed-upon measurement period, and the network is responsible. The procedure used to reach agreement on the measurement period should ...

Misdelivered frame

Telecommunications; General telecom

A frame transferred from a source user to a destination user other than the intended destination user. It is considered inconsequential whether the information is correct or incorrect in content.

Rack

Telecommunications; General telecom

A frame upon which one or more units of equipment are mounted. Note: DOD racks are always vertical.

Unnumbered information (UI) frame

Telecommunications; General telecom

A frame used to transfer unacknowledged information between two link layer entities. The format and encoding are the same as specified in Recommendation 0. 921/1. 441. The CRC (cyclic redundancy ...

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