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General telecom
Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.
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Store-and-forward switching centre
Telecommunications; General telecom
A message switching centre in which a message is accepted from the originating user, i.e., sender, when it is offered, held in a physical storage, and forwarded to the destination user, i.e., ...
Electronic message system (EMS)
Telecommunications; General telecom
A message system incorporating electronic mail to a central facility which then assumes responsibility for delivering the message in hard copy form. Note: In DOD, these messages have a specific ...
Dual-precedence message
Telecommunications; General telecom
A message that contains two precedence designations. Note: Usually the higher precedence message is for all action addressees and the lower for all information addressees.
Access control message
Telecommunications; General telecom
A message that is a user request, a resource controller response, or a request/response between resource controllers.
Multipurpose Internet mail extensions (MIME)
Telecommunications; General telecom
A messaging standard that allows Internet users to exchange e-mail messages enhanced with graphics, video, and voice as attachments to the body of the text.
Meta name
Telecommunications; General telecom
A meta key word that is incorporated in the head of an HTML document, and that includes the document's name and facilitates indexing for search engines.
Peak-to-average ratio metre (par meter)
Telecommunications; General telecom
A metre used to measure, calculate, and display the ratio of the peak power level to the time-averaged power level in a circuit, i.e., the peak-to-average ratio (p/a r. ) Note 1: A par metre is used ...
