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Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Key encrypting key

Telecommunications; General telecom

A key that is used exclusively for encrypting and decrypting keys. 2. Key that encrypts or decrypts other key for transmission or storage.

Transmission security key (TSK)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A key that is used in the control of TRANSEC (transmission security) processes, such as frequency hopping and spread spectrum.

Exercise key

Telecommunications; General telecom

A key used exclusively to safeguard communications transmitted over the air during military or organised civil training exercises.

Monitor key

Telecommunications; General telecom

A key used to access communications circuits to observe signal conditions without interrupting the services.

Base key

Telecommunications; General telecom

A key used to derive (to compute cryptographically) or to decrypt transaction keys.

Traffic encryption key (TEK)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A key used to encrypt plain text or to superencrypt previously encrypted text and/or to decrypt cypher text.

Thin-film laser

Telecommunications; General telecom

A laser that is constructed by thin-film deposition techniques on a substrate for use as a light source, is usually used to drive thin-film optical waveguides, and may be used in integrated optical ...

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