General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Visual telephone services

Telecommunications; General telecom

A group of audiovisual services including videophone as defined in ITU-T Recommendation F. 721 and videoconferencing (defined in ITU-T H-Series Recommendations. )

Signal unit (SU)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A group of bits forming a separately transferable entity used to convey information on a signalling link.

A group of bits or characters transmitted as a unit and usually containing an encoding procedure for error control purposes. 2. In data transmission, a group of records sent, processed, or recorded ...

Dibit

Telecommunications; General telecom

A group of two bits. Note: The four possible states for a dibit are 00, 01, 10, and 11. Synonym diad.

Network node (NN)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A grouping of one or more network elements (at one or more sites) which provides network related functions, and is administered as a single entity. A single site may contain more than one network ...

Community of interest

Telecommunications; General telecom

A grouping of users who generate a majority of their traffic in calls to other members of the group. Note: The community of interest may be related to a geographic area or to an administrative ...

Recorder warning tone

Telecommunications; General telecom

A half-second burst of 1400 Hz applied to a telephone line every 15 seconds to indicate to the called party that the calling party is recording the conversation. Note: The recorder warning tone is ...