AM

en-noun

AM (countable and uncountable, plural AMs)

AMs (plural)
A.M. (alternative)
A. M. (alternative)
A M (alternative)

amplitude modulation
amplitude modulation#English

(communication, broadcasting) Initialism of amplitude modulation; contrasted with FM.


cable

Recorded since c.1205 as Middle English cable, from Old Northern French cable, from Late Latin capulum (“lasso, rope, halter”), from Latin capiō (“to take, seize”). Use of the term "cable" to refer to the USD/GBP exchange rate originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate began to be transmitted across the Atlantic by a submarine communications cable.

կաբելային

communications system with coaxial or fiber optic

I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.

If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.

2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878:

(communication) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.

cable television
cable television#English

(television) Ellipsis of cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.


bridge

en-verb

bridge (third-person singular simple present bridges, present participle bridging, simple past and past participle bridged)

bridges (present singular third-person)
bridging (participle present)
bridged (participle past)
bridged (past)
bridg (alternative obsolete)
brigge (alternative)

From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”), from Proto-Germanic *brugjō, *brugjǭ (“bridge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrēw- (“wooden flooring, decking, bridge”).
Cognate with Scots brig, brigg, breeg (“bridge”), Saterland Frisian Brääch (“bridge”), West Frisian brêge (“bridge”), Dutch brug (“bridge”), German Brücke (“bridge”), Danish brygge (“wharf”), Icelandic brygga (“pier”), Gaulish briua (“bridge”).
The verb is from Middle English briggen, from Old English brycġian (“to bridge, make a causeway, pave”), derived from the noun. Cognate with Dutch bruggen (“to bridge”), Middle Low German bruggen (“to bridge”), Old High German bruccōn (“to bridge”) (whence Modern German brücken).
The musical connection sense is a semantic loan from German Steg, from Old High German steg.

der

(computing, communication) To connect two or more computer buses, networks etc. with a bridge.

橋接 /桥接

computing, communication: to connect with a bridge


cell

From Middle English celle, selle, from Old English cell (attested in inflected forms), from Latin cella (“chamber, small room, compartment”), later reinforced by Old French cel, sele, Old French cele. ultimately from Proto-Italic *kelnā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Doublet of cella and hall.

intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell

melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cell

Virtual Channel number 5 received 170 cells.

(communication) A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode.

клетка

a short, fixed-length packet as in asynchronous transfer mode

I get good reception in my home because it is near a cell tower.

(communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.


mast

From Middle English mast, from Old English mæst (“mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (“mast, sail-pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *mazdos (“pole, mast”).
Cognate with Dutch mast, German Mast, and via Indo-European with Latin mālus, Russian мост (most, “bridge”), Irish adhmad.

(nautical, communication, aviation) A tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, sails or observation platforms on a ship, the main rotor of a helicopter, flags, floodlights, meteorological instruments, or communications equipment, such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires (except in the case of a helicopter).


PLC

en-noun

PLC (countable and uncountable, plural PLCs)

power line communication
power line communication#English

(countable, communication) Initialism of power line communication.


tap

The noun is derived from Middle English tappe (“hollow device for controlling the flow of liquid from a hole, cock, faucet, spigot; hole through which the liquid flows; the liquid which thus flows”), from Old English tæppa, from Proto-West Germanic *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“a plug, tap; peg; tapering stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- (“to lose; to sacrifice”). Doublet of tapa.
The verb is derived from Middle English tappen (“to obtain (liquid, chiefly liquor) from a tap; to obtain and sell (liquor)”), from Old English tæppian (“to provide (a container) with a stopper; to obtain (liquid) from a tap”), and then either:
* from Old English tæppa (see above) + -ian (suffix forming verbs); or
* from Proto-Germanic *tappōną, from *tappô (noun) (see above).
Verb sense 1.3.5 (“to turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round”) alludes to the abilities or resources of the card or piece having been drawn on to the point of temporary exhaustion: see verb sense 1.3.2.

inh

(communication, chiefly law enforcement)

A device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications.

salakuuntelulaite

telephone tap

It is true—and undisputed—that, in the weeks between the 2016 election and Trump's inauguration, several top Obama administration officials asked the National Security Agency to reveal the identity of an American citizen overheard on phone taps speaking with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak—a request known as "unmasking."

2020 May 14, Fred Kaplan, “‘Obamagate’ wasn’t even a Scandal the First Time”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-30:

A secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; also, a recording of such a communication.

подслу́шване

secret interception of telephone calls or other communications using such a device; recording of such a communication


tap

en-verb

tap (third-person singular simple present taps, present participle tapping, simple past and past participle tapped)

taps (present singular third-person)
tapping (participle present)
tapped (participle past)
tapped (past)
tap (infinitive)
tap (first-person present singular)
tapped (first-person past singular)
tap (present second-person singular)
tappest (archaic present second-person singular)
tapped (past second-person singular)
tappedst (archaic past second-person singular)
taps (present singular third-person)
tappeth (archaic present singular third-person)
tapped (past singular third-person)
tap (plural present)
tapped (past plural)
tap (present subjunctive)
tapped (past subjunctive)
tap (imperative present)
tapping (participle present)
tapped (participle past)

точа

to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)

They can’t tap the phone without a warrant.

mitchener. Why didn't you telephone? / balsquith. They tap the telephone. Every switchboard in London is in their hands, or in those of their young men.

1909, [George] Bernard Shaw, Press Cuttings: A Topical Sketch […], London: Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 3:

On 3 May the Government decided to take over the Telephone Exchange, which had been operated since the beginning of the war mainly by C.N.T. workers; it was alleged that it was badly run and that official calls were being tapped.

1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XI, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC, pages 160–161:

"Oh, there is one thing," the Minister called after Lebel, "how did you know to tap the telephone line of Colonel Saint-Clair's private apartment?" Lebel turned in the doorway and shrugged. "I didn't," he said, "so last night I tapped all your telephones. Good day, gentlemen."

1971 August 6, Frederick Forsyth, “Anatomy of a Kill”, in The Day of the Jackal, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 347:

Ever worry about shadowy forces tapping your phone calls and listening in on your private conversations? Well, astronomers have some good news for you: it won't be aliens with their ears (or whatever auditory sensory organs they have evolved) to the speaker getting into your business—unless they've done a lot better than we have at funding radio astronomers.

2023 May 23, “Is E.T. Eavesdropping on Our Phone Calls?”, in Scientific American, New York, N.Y.: Springer Nature America, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-03:

(communication, chiefly law enforcement) To connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; also, to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication).

подслушвам

to connect a listening and/or recording device to (a communication cable or device) in order to listen in secretly on telephone calls or other communications; to secretly listen in on and/or record (a telephone call or other communication)


transportability

en-noun

transportability (countable and uncountable, plural transportabilities)

(communication) 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.


aperture

/ˈæp.ɚˌt͡ʃʊɹ/

/ˈæp.ɚ.t͡ʃɚ/

/ˈæp.ɚˌtjʊɹ/

-æpə(ɹ)tʃʊə(ɹ)

From late Middle English, from Latin apertūra (“an opening”), from aperiō (“to uncover, make or lay bare”) + -tūra (“-ure”, action noun suffix). Doublet of overture.

stralingsvlak

hole restricting the diameter of the lightpath through one plane

апертура

refers to the opening itself, not to the device

(space flight, communication) The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the geostationary belt. For a comsat, this is typically a large reflective dish antenna; sometimes called an array.


USB

(communication, space science) Initialism of unified S-band (a communication system used for the Apollo program).

unified S-band

(communication) Initialism of upper sideband.


VCO

(communication) Initialism of Voice Carry Over, a service that relays voice communication to the deaf.


PRC

en-noun

PRC (countable and uncountable, plural PRCs)

(communication) Initialism of personal radio communications, e.g. the PRC-77 portable secure FM radio set.


TDS

time-driven switching
time-driven switching#English

(communication, uncountable) Initialism of time-driven switching.


channel

→ Japanese: チャンネル (channeru)

→ Korean: 채널 (chaeneol)

→ Welsh: sianel

From Middle English chanel (also as canel, cannel, kanel), a borrowing from Old French chanel, canel, from Latin canālis (“groove; canal; channel”). Doublet of canal.

kanal

communication: single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation

kanal

broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies

A channel stretches between them.

(communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.

kanal

communication: part that connects a data source to a data sink

We are using one of the 24 channels.

(communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from other parallel paths.

kanal

communication: path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals

The channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs.

(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable.

Their call is being carried on channel 6 of the T-1 line.

(communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing.

kanaal

communication: single path provided by a transmission via spectral or protocol separation


poll

en-verb

poll (third-person singular simple present polls, present participle polling, simple past and past participle polled)

polls (present singular third-person)
polling (participle present)
polled (participle past)
polled (past)
pol (alternative)
pole (alternative)

From Middle English pol, polle ("scalp, pate"), from or cognate with Middle Dutch pol, pōle, polle (“top, summit; head”), from Proto-West Germanic *poll, from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“round object, head, top”), from Proto-Indo-European *bolno-, *bōwl- (“orb, round object, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”).
Akin to Scots pow (“head, crown, scalp, skull”), Saterland Frisian pol (“round, full, brimming”, adjective), German Low German Polle, Poll (“round object, ball”), German Low German Poller (“head, tree-top, bulb”), Danish puld (“crown of a hat”), Swedish dialectal pull (“head”).
Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1625, from the notion of "counting heads".

cog

The network hub polled the department’s computers to determine which ones could still respond.

(transitive, computing, communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network).


instant messenger

en-noun

instant messenger (plural instant messengers)

(communication, computing) A computer application which allows instant text communication between two or more people through a network or the Internet in its entirety.


EPIRB

emergency position indicating radio beacon#English

(communication, nautical) Abbreviation of emergency position indicating radio beacon.


popularise

en-verb

popularise (third-person singular simple present popularises, present participle popularising, simple past and past participle popularised)

popularises (present singular third-person)
popularising (participle present)
popularised (participle past)
popularised (past)
popularize (alternative)

(transitive, communication) To present information in a form which the general public better understands or accepts, especially by excluding details and jargon found in technical or academic publications.

通俗化

to present information in a form which the general public better understands


over the top

en-adj

over the top (comparative more over the top, superlative most over the top)

more over the top (comparative)
most over the top (superlative)
over-the-top (alternative)

The adjectival form first appears c. 1935. See cite below. The adverbial form (in reference to World War I) first appears c. 1915.

(communication) Delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device.

επιφυής

delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device


DCH

(communication, electronics) Initialism of dedicated channel (in UMTS).


cosmopolite

cosmopolite (comparative more cosmopolite, superlative most cosmopolite)

more cosmopolite (comparative)
most cosmopolite (superlative)

Borrowed from French cosmopolite, from Latin cosmopolītēs, itself borrowed from Koine Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs, “citizen of the world”), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”).

der

κοσμοπολίτης

There was no middle course for Richard's comrades between high friendship or absolute slavery. He was deficient in those cosmopolite habits and feelings which enable boys and men to hold together without caring much for each other; and, like every insulated mortal, he attributed the deficiency, of which he was quite aware, to the fact of his possessing a superior nature.

1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:

2008, Jennifer L. Sumner, Healthcare Communication Networks: The Dissemination of Employee Information for Hospital Security, Doctoral dissertation, University of Central Florida, Orlando, published by ProQuest LLC, Section 3.3, p. 42, https://books.google.ca/books?id=d4qyF7zlXokC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Early adopters tend to be better educated, enjoy higher social status, occupy positions in organizations of greater size and resources, consume higher levels of information from mass media communications, and are more cosmopolite than their later adopting counterparts. An individual or organization that is more cosmopolite is one that seeks and receives higher levels of exposure and exchange with individuals and organizations outside of their specific social system.

(communication) Oriented, exposed to or open to ideas and influences outside one's own social system or group.


ACS

en-noun

ACS (countable and uncountable, plural ACSs or ACSes or ACS's)

ACSs (plural)
ACSes (plural)
ACS's (plural)

(communication, electronics) Initialism of adjacent channel selectivity.


ICT

ICT (countable and uncountable, plural ICTs)

2012, Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
In order to speed up the decision-making process, national standardisation bodies and European standardisation organisations should facilitate accessible information on their activities through the promotion of the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in their respective standardisation systems, for example by providing to all relevant stakeholders an easy-to-use online consultation mechanism for the submission of comments on draft standards and by organising virtual meetings, including by means of web conferencing or video conferencing, of technical committees.

2014, "No end to ICT skills crunch" by Lance Harris, published on itweb.co.za
The total number of students that enrolled for these courses has grown only slightly and the marginal increase of graduates does not match the growth rate of the ICT industry.
Graduates with ICT qualifications, senior managers and especially mid-career professionals are all still in short supply across a range of disciplines and market segments.

information and communications technology#English

(uncountable, electronics, communication) Initialism of Information and Communications Technology.

ՏՀՏ

Initialism of information and communications technology


CAS

CAS (countable and uncountable, plural CASes)

(electronics, communication) Initialism of channel-associated signalling.


OCS

(communication, Microsoft, software) Initialism of Microsoft Office Communications Server, a software product.


plesiochronous

From plesio- + chrono- + -ous from Ancient Greek πλησίον (plēsíon, “near”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

The DS-3 standard uses bit stuffing to allow the clocks of its tributaries to be plesiochronous.

(communication) Almost, but not quite, synchronous.


SB

SB (countable and uncountable, plural SBs)


SSB

SSB (countable and uncountable, plural SSBs)

(electronics, communication) Initialism of single sideband, a type of radio emission.


encode

en-verb

encode (third-person singular simple present encodes, present participle encoding, simple past and past participle encoded)

encodes (present singular third-person)
encoding (participle present)
encoded (participle past)
encoded (past)

Coordinate term: transcode

The blotchy black mark she impresses on my hand will still be there tomorrow morning, a confused barcode, unsure of what exactly it encodes.

(transitive, communication) To convert source information into another form.

kode

to convert source information into another form


instant messaging

(communication, computing) A form of realtime communication where two or more people exchange text messages, usually short, using computers or other devices with communications capabilities.


LNA

numerical aperture
numerical aperture#English

(communication) Initialism of launch numerical aperture.


HS-DSCH

(communication, electronics) High Speed Downlink Shared Channel (in UMTS).


HS-PDSCH

(communication, electronics) Initialism of High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel (in UMTS).


HS-SCCH

(communication, electronics) Initialism of High Speed Shared Control Channel (in UMTS).


CQI

en-noun

CQI (countable and uncountable, plural CQIs)

(communication, electronics, initialism) Initialism of channel quality indicator.


DPDCH

(communication, electronics) Initialism of dedicated physical data channel.


DPCCH

(communication, electronics) Abbreviation of dedicated physical control channel.


DPCH

(communication, electronics) Acronym of dedicated physical channel.


FDR

FDR (countable and uncountable, plural FDRs)

FDRs (plural)
F.D.R. (alternative)
F. D. R. (alternative)

(communication, electronics) Initialism of false transmit format detection ratio (in UMTS).


HSUPA

High Speed Uplink Packet Access
w:High Speed Uplink Packet Access

(communication, electronics) Initialism of High Speed Uplink Packet Access (in UMTS).


HSCSD

Highspeed Circuit Switched Data
Highspeed Circuit Switched Data#English

(communication, electronics) Initialism of Highspeed Circuit Switched Data (2.5G).


time-out

time-outs (plural)
timeout (alternative)

(communication) The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.

aikakatkaisu

intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit


timeout

timeouts (plural)
time out (alternative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-timeout.wav

(communication) The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.

aikakatkaisuaika

My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.

(communication) The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.


instant message

instant message (plural instant messages)

(communication, computing) A message conveyed through an instant messaging program.


instant message

en-verb

instant message (third-person singular simple present instant messages, present participle instant messaging, simple past and past participle instant messaged)

instant messages (present singular third-person)
instant messaging (participle present)
instant messaged (participle past)
instant messaged (past)

(communication, computing) To convey a message via an instant messaging program.


keepalive

(electronics, communication) A short message sent by one device to another to check that the link between the two is operating, or to prevent this link from being broken due to inactivity.


asynchronous

/eɪˈsɪŋkɹənəs/

Near-synonym: in parallel

(computing, communication) Having many actions occurring at a time, in any order, without waiting for each other.


time out

time out (third-person singular simple present times out, present participle timing out, simple past and past participle timed out)

times out (present singular third-person)
timing out (participle present)
timed out (participle past)
timed out (past)

(transitive, communication) To end (an incomplete task) after a time limit.

aikakatkaista

to end (an incomplete task) after a time limit

The download timed out because your Internet connection was disrupted.

(intransitive, communication) Of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit.

joutua aikakatkaistuksi

of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit


payload

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-payload.wav

From pay + load. From the early 20th century.

(communication) The actual data in a data stream.


PBEM

(games, communication) Initialism of play-by-email; also PBeM.


radio beacon

radio beacons (plural)
radio-beacon (alternative)
radiobeacon (alternative)

(communication, aviation, nautical, navigation) A beacon that emits radio wave signals to guide ships or aircraft or to indicate the position of a ship, aircraft, or other object, person, or vehicle.


monocycle

From mono- + cycle, thus literally "one wheel".

(communication) The first derivative of a Gaussian, often used as an impulse signal.


callout

(communication) An outgoing telephone call.


SNR

(electronics, communication, mathematics) signal-to-noise ratio


allocution

en-noun

allocution (countable and uncountable, plural allocutions)

Allocution is the dissemination of information by a central unit towards a collectivity of decentral units, the central unit being both the source and the determining actor.

1993, I. Th. M. Snellen and Wim B. H. J. van de Donk (eds.), Public Administration in an Information Age, p. 198 (Google preview)

Bordewijk and van Kaam describe the one-to-many architecture of modern broadcast mass media as ‘allocution’. This is the least responsive type of interactivity because it is not designed to support exchanges. . . . The one-way flow of information is under the programmatic control of the media service provider.

2008, Christina Spurgeon, Advertising and New Media, →ISBN, page 5:

(communication, media) The mode of information dissemination in which media broadcasts are transmitted to multiple receivers with no or very limited capability of a two-way exchange of information.


XPS

XPS (countable and uncountable, plural XPSs)

(X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy): French: XPS

(X-ray photoelectron spectroscope): French: XPS

(communication, computing) Initialism of transmit packet steering, a scaling technique for network traffic processing.


MDI

MDI (countable and uncountable, plural MDIs)

medium-dependent interface
w:Medium-dependent interface

(computer hardware, communication) Initialism of medium-dependent interface.


OPC

Open Platform Communications
w:Open Platform Communications

(communication, programming) Initialism of Open Platform Communications.


DTMF

(communication) Abbreviation of dual-tone multi-frequency.


VSB

(electronics, communication) Initialism of vestigial sideband.


ELT

emergency locator transmitter
emergency locator transmitter#English

(communication, aviation) Initialism of emergency locator transmitter.


PLB

personal locator beacon
personal locator beacon#English

(communication) Initialism of personal locator beacon.


personal locator beacon

personal locator beacon (plural personal locator beacons)

(communication) An emergency location radio beacon.


emergency position indicating radio beacon (plural emergency position indicating radio beacons)

(communication, nautical) An emergency location radio beacon, used on ships.


emergency locator transmitter

emergency locator transmitter (plural emergency locator transmitters)

(communication, aviation) An emergency location radio beacon, used on aircraft.


metanetwork

metanetworks (plural)
meta-network (alternative)

(communication, management, sociology) A network of networks.


Makaton

From the names of its creators: Margaret Walker, Kathy Johnston and Tony Cornforth.

(communication) A system of communication, including speech, signing, and writing, intended for use by and with people who have language or learning difficulties.


calling name

(communication) The name associated with the telephone number or similar identifier of a caller.


PBM

(games, communication) Initialism of play-by-mail.


PBeM

(games, communication) Initialism of play-by-email; also PBEM.


OTA

OTA (countable and uncountable, plural OTAs)

(computing, communication) Initialism of over-the-air.


human microphone

By linking the word to the body and the crowd, the human microphone transformed an obstacle into an important asset for the social movements in the street.

2013 January 8, Rossana Reguillo, “Human Mic: Technologies for Democracy”, in North American Congress on Latin America, retrieved 2013-01-09:

(communication) A means of delivering a speech to a large group of people, wherein persons gathered around the speaker repeat the speaker's words, thus amplifying the voice of the speaker without the need for amplification equipment.


LTE

LTE (countable and uncountable, plural LTEs)

Long Term Evolution
long term evolution#English

(communication, mobile) Initialism of Long Term Evolution, a telephone and mobile broadband communication standard.


NFC

NFC (countable and uncountable, plural NFCs)

Initialism
* (unicode): in the Unicode sense, a compound of NF (“Normalization Form”) + C (“Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition”).

compound

near field communication
near field communication#English

(communication, mobile) Initialism of near field communication.


near field

near fields (plural)
near-field (alternative)

(electronics, communication) The region within about half a wavelength from an electrically small antenna. More specifically it is the region within the radiansphere.


SDLC

(communication) Synchronous Data Link Control


model-based design

en-noun

model-based design (plural model-based designs)

(electronics, communication, signal processing, mathematics, software testing) A mathematical and visual method of addressing problems associated with designing complex control, signal processing and communication systems.


LE LL

Low Energy Link Layer
w:Low Energy Link Layer

(computing, communication) Initialism of Low Energy Link Layer.


HSPA

(communication, mobile) Initialism of High Speed Packet Access, amalgamation of two mobile telephony protocols that extends and improves the performance of existing 3G networks by using the WCDMA protocols.


WCDMA

(communication, mobile) Initialism of Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, an air interface standard found in 3G mobile telecommunications networks.


NPAPI

(communication, mobile) Initialism of Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface, a cross-platform plugin architecture used by some Web browsers.


ESnet

(communication) Abbreviation of Energy Sciences Network, a high-speed computer network serving DOE scientists and their collaborators worldwide.


OPC UA

(communication, programming) Abbreviation of OPC Unified Architecture (an industrial M2M communication protocol for interoperability developed by the OPC Foundation).


OPC DA

(communication, programming) Initialism of OPC Data Access, the first of a group of specifications known as the Classic OPC Specifications.


OPC HDA

(communication, programming) Initialism of OPC Historical Data Access, a group of standards of the OPC Foundation that provides COM specifications for communicating data from devices, like databases, and applications that provide historical data.


HDA

(communication) Initialism of historical data access, an OPC standard.


OPC AE

(communication, programming) Initialism of OPC Alarms & Events, an OPC Specification for alarms and events.


TL;DW

TL (canonical)
DW (canonical)
tl;dw (alternative)

(online communication) Initialism of too long; didn’t watch, signaling that a video message lacked communicative efficacy because of its length.


WebVTT

(communication) Acronym of Web Video Text Tracks.


internal monologue

internal monologue (plural internal monologues)

(communication, psychology) The inner voice of a person which provides a running verbal monologue of their thoughts, important in planning, problem solving, self-reflection, etc.

anauralia

the absence of auditory imagery, particularly the lack of an inner voice.


LoRa

(acronym, communication) a wireless data communication technology


low-noise block downconverter

low-noise block downconverter (plural low-noise block downconverters)

(communication) A device that amplifies a high frequency band of radio spectrum and converts it to a lower frequency used in satellite communications.


pseudochannel

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We may regard the signals to the three speakers as coming from three pseudochannels, having certain signal-to-crosstalk ratios. The ratios for each pseudochannel are those between the voltage, produced by a signal in the pseudochannel, across the intended speaker; and the voltages, produced by that same signal, across the other two speakers.

1961, IRE Transactions on Audio - Volumes 9-10, page 75:

All data to and from primary memory in the IBM/360 model 30 are transmitted over 8-bit (plus parity) data paths including the pseudochannels.

1986, G. W. Gorsline, Computer Organization: Hardware/software, page 250:

For the purpose of over-the-cell routing, the channel intersection graph is extended by pseudochannels.

2000, George Zobrist, VLSI Design Environments, page 31:

A pseudochannel gain is introduced to convert cooperative transmissions to virtual direct transmissions,” researchers in South Korea report.

2012, Issues in Transportation Research and Application, page 300:

The agents.conf file is used to define agents for queues using the agents channel. This channel is similar in nature to the other channel types in Asterisk (local, SIP, IAX2, etc.), but it is more of a pseudochannel in that it is used to connect callers to agents who have logged into^([sic]) the system using other types of transport channel.

2013, Russell Bryant, Leif Madsen, Jim Van Meggelen, Asterisk: The Definitive Guide: The Future of Telephony Is Now, page 349:

ENEOS can inject various stress and monitoring signals into a pseudochannel (e.g., the embedded operating channel of the SONET, the extended super frame data channel of T1 links, and the management channel of proprietary networks).

2017, Wayne C. Bradley, Handbook of Data Center Management:

(electronics, communication) Any data channel that is introduced as a theoretical pathway that does not correspond to a physical channel.


lettermark

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(marketing, communication, typography) A text-only logo consisting of the initials of a brand name or business.


slant range

slant range (usually uncountable, plural slant ranges)

From it being the distance measured along the usually-slanted line connecting two points in space, rather than purely the horizontal or vertical distance between the two.

(radio, communication) The distance from one point to another in three-dimensional space.


TL;DL

TL (canonical)
DL (canonical)
tl;dl (alternative)

(online communication) Initialism of too long; didn’t listen, signaling that an audio message (such as a podcast or voicemail) lacked communicative efficacy because of its length.


cone of silence

cone of silence (plural cones of silence)

verbal communication
verbal communication

(communication) An order or directive which prohibits verbal communication about a particular subject.


spin machine

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(mass media, communication) A group or organization of individuals collaborating in order to present the news or information in a favorable or desired light.


PECS

Sandra had two boys in the autism class. Arriving to the school, one of her sons was non-verbal; he had been trained to communicate using the picture exchange communication system (PECS). […] Her son lost his PECS skills. She was also upset to learn that her son had been placed in a personalised sensory space without her permission.

2022 September 12, Jennifer Morgan, “An autism class opens. What happens then?”, in Irish Examiner:

picture exchange communication system#English

(communication) Initialism of picture exchange communication system.


mixnet

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One type of mix network accepts as input a collection of ciphertexts, and outputs the corresponding plaintexts in a randomly permuted order. The main privacy property desired of such a mixnet is that the permutation matching inputs to outputs should be known only to the mixnet, and no one else. In particular, an adversary should be unable to guess which input ciphertext corresponds to an output plaintext any more effectively than by guessing at random.

2004, Philippe Golle, Markus Jakobsson, Ari Juels, Paul Syverson, “Universal Re-encryption for Mixnets”, in Topics in Cryptology – CT-RSA 2004 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 2964), Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Science+Business Media, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 163:

Each server in the mixnet removes only one layer of encryption, so that only the last server knows a message's ultimate destination.

2016 July 11, Larry Hardesty, Phys.org, archived from the original on 2023-01-28:

This issue of privacy in blockchain isn't new, and many ideas have been proposed, such as keeping the data off-chain and using zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to prove we did the right computation (e.g., Aleo and Aztec) or using mixnets to anonymize transactions (e.g., Tornado Cash).

2023 May 26, Rand Hindi, “How Homomorphic Encryption Can Make Blockchain Private”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-12:

(communication, technology) A server or group of servers facilitating private communication between individuals by randomly scrambling the order that messages are received, so that an adversary is unable to determine the source or destination of any message.


time spent listening

(US, radio, communication) The amount of time that an average listener that is surveyed spends listening to each radio station at one time, before changing the station or turning it off.

(US, radio, communication) An estimate of the duration of time that the average listener is exposed to a particular station for a specific time period.


AtoN

aid to navigation
aid to navigation#English

(nautical, communication) Acronym of aid to navigation.


BTPAN

(communication, computing) Abbreviation of Bluetooth Personal Area Network.


illocutionarity

(communication, linguistics) The speaker's intended meaning or purpose behind an utterance, distinct from the actual words spoken or the effect on the listener.


illocutionary act

illocutionary act (usually uncountable, plural illocutionary acts)

(communication, linguistics) The communicative action performed by a speaker when making an utterance, where the speaker's intention behind the utterance is crucial to its meaning.


empty phrase

(communication) An expression that is superficial, lacks depth, or conveys no real meaning, often used to fill space or to avoid direct communication.