- Industry: Telecommunications
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In computer and telecommunications systems, a fault that will occur each time the set of conditions causing the fault occurs. Note: The conditions under which the fault occurs and the precision with which the fault occurs must be specified when determining the reproducibility of a fault.
Industry:Telecommunications
In computer and data processing programming, an address that is expressed as a difference in relation to a base address.
Industry:Telecommunications
In computer and communications systems, an audio or visual signal that indicates that an error has been made by the system or its operator. Note: In most systems, the error signal accompanies an error message and is used to draw operator attention to the error message.
Industry:Telecommunications
In computer and communications systems operations, pertaining to a power-saving condition or status of operation of equipment that is ready for use but not in use. Note: An example of a standby condition is a radio station operating condition in which the operator can receive but is not transmitting. 2. Pertaining to a dormant operating condition or state of a system or equipment that permits complete resumption of operation in a stable state within a short time. 3. Pertaining to spare equipment that is placed in operation only when other, in-use equipment becomes inoperative. Note: Standby equipment is usually classified as (a) hot standby equipment, which is warmed up, i.e., powered and ready for immediate service, and which may be switched into service automatically upon detection of a failure in the regular equipment, or (b) cold standby equipment, which is turned off or not connected to a primary power source, and which must be placed into service manually.
Industry:Telecommunications
In communications, to structure rates or prices so that they are not distance sensitive, but depend on other factors, such as call duration, type of service, and time of day.
Industry:Telecommunications
In communications systems, a facility in which switches are used to interconnect communications circuits on a circuit-, message-, or packet-switching basis. Synonyms, in telephony, central office, switching exchange, switching facility. Deprecated synonym yyswitch.
Industry:Telecommunications
In communications, the quality of equipment, devices, systems, and associated hardware that permits their being moved from one location to another to interconnect with locally available complementary equipment, devices, systems, associated hardware, or other complementary facilities. Note: Transportability implies the use of standardized components, such as standardized plugs and transmission media. 2. The capability of materiel to be moved by towing, self-propulsion, or carrier through any means, such as railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, oceans, and airways.
Industry:Telecommunications
In communications, the frequency spectrum between two defined limits. 2. A group of tracks on a magnetic drum or on one side of a magnetic disk. 3. A set of frequencies authorized for use in a geographical area defined for common carriers for purposes of communications system management.
Industry:Telecommunications
In communications, the direction of transmission flow from the source toward the sink. 2. With respect to the flow of data in a communications path: at a specified point, the direction toward which data are received later than at the specified point.
Industry:Telecommunications
