General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Common gateway interface (CGI)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A means for allowing programmes or scripts (usually written in C++ or Perl) to add functionality to the World Wide Web. Note: Examples are search engines, feedback forms, and guestbooks. 2. ...

Complementary network service (CNS)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A means for an enhanced-service provider customer to connect to a network and to the enhanced service provider. Note: Complementary network services usually consist of the customer local service, ...

Digital channel

Telecommunications; General telecom

A means for conveying information from one point to another in digital form. A digital channel may be implemented on a network composed of digital communications components.

A means for delivering audio signals from one point to another. An audio waveform submitted to the channel input results in a similar (not necessarily identical) waveform at the channel output. The ...

Flash signal

Telecommunications; General telecom

A loop-open signal of 300 to 1000 ms at the network interface (NI) that is generated by the network, typically under the control of the far-end customer interface (CI,) to control supplementary ...

Numerical aperture loss

Telecommunications; General telecom

A loss of optical power that occurs at a splice or a pair of mated connectors when the numerical aperture of the "transmitting" fibre exceeds that of the "receiving" fiber, even if the cores are ...