- Industry: Telecommunications
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A device that is used to interconnect the Go and Return paths of a circuit at the incoming end, and through which the detection of an incoming check tone transmits another check tone to permit a continuity checking of a 2-wire circuit. Synonym smart jack.
Industry:Telecommunications
A device that may assume either one of two reversible, stable states. Note 1: The flip-flop is used as a basic control element in computer and communications systems. Note 2: In a flip-flop, the transition from one stable state to the other is unstable, i.e., for the very short period during which the transition takes place, both outputs may assume the same state, which state may be unpredictable. Synonyms bistable circuit, bistable multivibrator, bistable trigger circuit.
Industry:Telecommunications
A device that performs interface functions, such as code conversion, protocol conversion, and buffering, required for communications to and from a network. 2. A device used primarily within a local area network (LAN) to allow a number of independent devices, with varying protocols, to communicate with each other. Note 1: An NID converts each device protocol into a common transmission protocol. Note 2: The transmission protocol may be chosen to accommodate directly a number of the devices used within the network without the need for protocol conversion for those devices by the NID. Synonym network interface unit.
Industry:Telecommunications
A device that performs operations on data that are represented within the device by continuous variables having a physical resemblance to the quantities being represented. Note: The earliest analog computers were constructed with purely mechanical components, such as levers, cogs, cams, discs, and gears. These components represented the quantities being manipulated or the operator-inserted values. Modern analog computers usually employ electrical parameters, such as voltages, resistances, or currents to represent the quantities being manipulated.
Industry:Telecommunications
A device that performs, within one chassis, both transmitting and receiving functions. 2. In military communications, the combination of transmitting and receiving equipment that (a) is in a common housing, (b) usually is designed for portable or mobile use, (c) uses common circuit components for both transmitting and receiving, and (d) provides half-duplex operation.
Industry:Telecommunications
A device that produces a coherent beam of optical radiation by stimulating electronic, ionic, or molecular transitions to higher energy levels so that when they return to lower energy levels they emit energy. Note 1: Laser radiation may be either temporally coherent, spatially coherent, or both. Note 2: The degree of coherence of laser radiation exceeds 0. 88.
Industry:Telecommunications
A device that produces a stream of unpredictable, unbiased, and usually independent bits. 2. In cryptosystems, a random bit generator used for key generation or to start all the crypto-equipment at the same point in the key stream.
Industry:Telecommunications
A device that produces frequencies that are phase coherent with a reference frequency. Note: The reference frequency may be derived from an internal or external source.
Industry:Telecommunications
A device that protects hardware, such as systems, subsystems, circuits, and equipment, from voltage or current surges produced by lightning or electromagnetic pulses. Note: If the hardware is adequately protected, associated software may also be adequately protected. Synonyms surge protective device, surge suppressor.
Industry:Telecommunications
A device that provides a termination function and a testable signature.
Industry:Telecommunications
