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Federal Standard 1037C, titled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms, is a
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, as amended. This document provides federal departments and agencies a comprehensive source of definitions of terms used in
telecommunications Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...
and directly related fields by international and U.S. government telecommunications specialists. As a publication of the U.S. government, prepared by an agency of the U.S. government, it appears to be mostly available as a
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sources: where this is the case, there is an attribution to the source. This standard was superseded in 2001 by
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T1.523-2001, Telecom Glossary 2000, which is published by ATIS. The old standard is still frequently used, because the new standard is protected by copyright, as usual for ANSI standards. A newer proposed standard is the "ATIS Telecom Glossary 2011", ATIS-0100523.2011.


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Bilateral synchronization {{noref, date=July 2014 In telecommunication, bilateral synchronization (or bilateral control) is a synchronization control system between exchanges A and B in which the clock at telephone exchange A controls the data received at exchange B and t ...
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Decrypt In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding information. This process converts the original representation of the information, known as plaintext, into an alternative form known as ciphertext. Ideally, only authorized parties can deci ...
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List of telecommunications encryption terms __NOTOC__ This is a list of telecommunications encryption terms. This list is derived in part from the ''Glossary of Telecommunication Terms'' published as Federal Standard 1037C. *A5/1a stream cipher used to provide over-the-air communication ...
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List of telecommunications terminology This is a List of telecommunications terminology and acronyms which relate to telecommunications. C * Coded set * Customer office terminal D * Data forwarder * Digital multiplex hierarchy * Duplex E * Exempted addressee F * Frame synchron ...
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Net operation A radio net is three or more radio stations communicating with each other on a common channel or frequency. A net is essentially a moderated conference call conducted over two-way radio, typically in half-duplex operating conditions. The use of ha ...
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ATIS Telecom Glossary 2000 T1.523-2001
(successor)
Download of the standard

Development Site for proposed Revisions to American National Standard T1.523-2001
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