* In
telecommunication, the term multiple homing has the following meanings:
**
telephone systems, the
connection of a
terminal facility
Facility may refer to:
* A place for doing something, or a place that facilitates an activity:
** A commercial or institutional building, such as a hotel, resort, school, office complex, sports arena, or convention center
** Medical facili ...
so that it can be served by one or several
switching centers. Multiple homing may use a single
directory number
A telephone number is a sequence of digits assigned to a landline telephone subscriber station connected to a telephone line or to a wireless electronic telephony device, such as a radio telephone or a mobile telephone, or to other devices f ...
.
** In telephone systems, the connection of a terminal facility to more than one
switching center
A telephone exchange, telephone switch, or central office is a telecommunications system used in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or in large enterprises. It interconnects telephone subscriber lines or virtual circuits of digital syst ...
by separate
access lines. Separate directory numbers are applicable to each switching center accessed.
* In
military, such as
Missiles and
loitering munitions, it is ability of a single weapon system or projectile to select, focus and simultaneously engage multiple targets.
See also
*
Homing pigeon
The homing pigeon, also called the mail pigeon or messenger pigeon, is a variety of domestic pigeons (''Columba livia domestica'') derived from the wild rock dove, selective breeding, selectively bred for its ability to find its way home over e ...
*
Infrared homing
Infrared homing is a passive weapon guidance system which uses the infrared (IR) light emission from a target to track and follow it seamlessly. Missiles which use infrared seeking are often referred to as "heat-seekers" since infrared is radi ...
*
Missile guidance
References
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Communication circuits
Military terminology