April 2005

  • crosstalk

    Crosstalk is a disturbance caused by the electric or magnetic fields of one telecommunication signal affecting a signal in an adjacent circuit.05 Apr 2005

  • ITU-T (Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunications Union)

    The ITU-T (for Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunications Union) is the primary international body for fostering cooperative standards for telecommunications e...05 Apr 2005

  • kHz (kilohertz)

    The kilohertz, abbreviated kHz or KHz*, is a unit of alternating current (AC) or electromagnetic (EM) wave frequency equal to one thousand hertz (1,000 Hz).05 Apr 2005

  • mil

    mil is one of the top-level domain names that can be used when choosing a domain name.05 Apr 2005

  • local loop

    In telephony, a local loop is the wired connection from a telephone company's central office in a locality to its customers' telephones at homes and businesses.05 Apr 2005

  • Unshielded Twisted Pair

    This definition closely duplicates the definition for twisted pair.05 Apr 2005

  • K56flex

    Rockwell Corporation's K56flex modem chipset gave users the capability to receive data on ordinary phone lines at 56 Kbps (thousand bits per second).05 Apr 2005

  • burst

    Burst is a term used in a number of information technology contexts to mean a specific amount of data sent or received in one intermittent operation.05 Apr 2005

  • loading coil

    A loading coil is an induction device placed on a local loop longer than 18,000 feet that carries analog signals.05 Apr 2005

  • ACTS (Automatic Coin Telephone System)

    ACTS (Automatic Coin Telephone System) is a public coin-operated telephone service that completes a variety of phone calls, times the calls, and collects payment without the aid of an operator.05 Apr 2005

  • telco (telephone company)

    In the United States and possibly other countries, "telco" is a short form for telephone company.05 Apr 2005

  • slamming

    Slamming is the practice by some U.S. long-distance phone carriers of switching users to their service without the user's knowledge or authorization.05 Apr 2005

  • set-top box

    A set-top box is a device that enables a television set to become a user interface to the Internet and also enables a television set to receive and decode digital television (DTV) broadcasts.05 Apr 2005

  • clone

    A clone is an identical copy of something and is a term that first became familiar to the public from the biosciences.05 Apr 2005

  • rlogin (remote login)

    Rlogin (remote login) is a UNIX command that allows an authorized user to login to other UNIX machines (hosts) on a network and to interact as if the user were physically at the host computer.05 Apr 2005

  • optoelectronics

    Optoelectronics is a branch of electronics that overlaps with physics.05 Apr 2005

  • Bellcore (Bell Communications Research)

    Bellcore (Bell Communications Research) provides certain centralized research and standards coordination for the regional Bell operating companies (RBOC)s.05 Apr 2005

  • American Wire Gauge (AWG)

    American Wire Gauge (AWG) is a U.S. standard set of non-ferrous wire conductor sizes.05 Apr 2005

  • x2

    x2 is a technology from US Robotics (now 3Com) for the downstream transmission of data over ordinary phone lines at 56 Kbps (thousands of bits per second).05 Apr 2005

  • splitterless

    Splitterless refers to a type of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) telephone service that does not require the installation of a plain old telephone service splitter at the customer location.05 Apr 2005