"signalling event" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: signalling events [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} signalling event (plural signalling events)
  1. A transmitter encodes data by producing a signal which is a continuous stream of signalling events each which has sufficient information for the receiver to recover the original data. Just like a quantum leap is the smallest measurable leap, a signalling event is the smallest possible amount of signal that the receiver needs to recover the original data without error. Synonyms: signaling event Related terms: baud
    Sense id: en-signalling_event-en-noun-YISttlTR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. (telecommunications) A change of the state of a communication channel, each state representing a symbol that is to be transmitted. Categories (topical): Telecommunications Translations (change of the state of a communication channel): signaalinmuutos (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-signalling_event-en-noun-oBecACoV Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications Disambiguation of 'change of the state of a communication channel': 1 99

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