- Industry: Telecommunications
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The time elapsing between two consecutive passages of a satellite through a characteristic point on its orbit.
Industry:Telecommunications
With respect to Internet addressing, an entity responsible for the allocation of names. Note: Such naming is typically hierarchical, so that the authority to allocate domain names is restricted to a particular level within a domain, such as ". Com", ". Net", or ". Gov".
Industry:Telecommunications
Unencrypted information. Note: Plain text includes voice. Synonym clear text.
Industry:Telecommunications
Unclassified cryptographic equipment, assembly, or component, endorsed by the National Security Agency, for use in national security systems as defined in Title 40 U. S. C. Section 1452. Note: The term refers only to products, and not to information, key, services, or controls. Type 2 products may not be used for classified information, but contain classified National Security Agency algorithms that distinguish them from products containing the unclassified data algorithm. Type 2 products are subject to export restrictions in accordance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulation.
Industry:Telecommunications
The transfer of a nonduplicate user information block between the source user and intended destination user. Note: Successful block delivery includes the delivery of correct and incorrect blocks.
Industry:Telecommunications
The time required for the amplitude of a pulse to decrease (fall) from a specified value (usually 90 percent of the peak value exclusive of overshoot or undershoot) to another specified value (usually 10 percent of the peak value exclusive of overshoot or undershoot. ) Note: Limits on undershoot and oscillation, i.e., hunting, may need to be specified when specifying fall time limits. Synonym pulse decay time.
Industry:Telecommunications
The time required for the amplitude of a pulse to decrease (fall) from a specified value (usually 90 percent of the peak value exclusive of overshoot or undershoot) to another specified value (usually 10 percent of the peak value exclusive of overshoot or undershoot. ) Note: Limits on undershoot and oscillation, i.e., hunting, may need to be specified when specifying fall time limits. Synonym pulse decay time.
Industry:Telecommunications
Video that has been encoded so as to reduce the number of bits required for storage or transmission.
Industry:Telecommunications
The total usable power gain of a carrier terminal or two-wire repeater. Note: The maximum usable gain is determined by, and may not exceed, the losses in the closed path. 2. The sum of the gains, expressed in dB, acting on a signal passing around a closed path, i.e., a loop.
Industry:Telecommunications
