- Industry: Telecommunications
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The minimum value of a signal that can be detected by the system or sensor under consideration. 2. A value used to denote predetermined levels, such as those pertaining to volume of message storage, i.e., in-transit storage or queue storage, used in a message switching center. 3. The minimum value of the parameter used to activate a device. 4. The minimum value a stimulus may have to create a desired effect.
Industry:Telecommunications
A device that converts information from one system of representation into equivalent information in another system of representation. Note: An example of a translator in telephony is the device that converts dialed digits into call-routing information. 2. A computer program that translates from one language into another language and in particular from one programming language into another programming language. Synonym translating program. 3. In FM and TV broadcasting, a repeater station that receives a primary station's signal, amplifies it, shifts it in frequency, and rebroadcasts it. 4. A device that converts one frequency to another.
Industry:Telecommunications
The ratio of the transmitted power to the incident power. Note 1: In optics, transmittance is usually expressed as optical density or in percent. Note 2: Transmittance was formerly called "transmission. "
Industry:Telecommunications
The property of an entity that allows another entity to pass thorough it without altering either of the entities. 2. In telecommunications, the property that allows a transmission system or channel to accept, at its input, unmodified user information, and deliver corresponding user information at its output, unchanged in form or information content. Note: The user information may be changed internally within the transmission system, but it is restored to its original form prior to the output without the involvement of the user. 3. The quality of a data communications system or device that uses a bit-oriented link protocol that does not depend on the bit sequence structure used by the data source. 4. An image fixed on a clear base by means of a photographic printing, chemical, or other process, especially adaptable for viewing by transmitted light.
Industry:Telecommunications
