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(retronym) Analog cell phone network technology.
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(mobile telephony) Retronym referring to standards before 2.75G.
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(mobile telephony) Retronym referring to standards before 2.5G. Includes GSM, DMA, TDMA, iDEN, and PDC.
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(mobile telephony) 3rd Generation (cellular phone communication standard)
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(mobile telephony) 4th Generation (cellular phone communication standard)
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(mobile telephony) 5th generation (mobile networks or wireless systems)
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(politics) Air America Radio
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(military, now historical) The letter A as used in signalling and other types of communications.
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(computing, mobile telephony) A mobile phone running on Android OS.
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(networking) The routing of data over a network using an anycast scheme.
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The use of telecommunication technology to transmit audio and (prepared or real-time) graphics together.
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(telecommunications) Extreme amounts of broadcast traffic over a computer network, typically caused by a loop in the network topology.
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Abbreviation of cell phone. [A portable, wireless telephone, which changes antenna connections seamlessly during travel from one radio reception cell to another without losing the party-to-party call connection.]
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Internet connectivity received through coaxial cables, usually via the same medium as cable television.
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(telecommunications) A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.
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Abbreviation of citizens' band radio. [(radio) A publicly available system of short-distance radio communications, usable by individuals or businesses without a license.]
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A simple information retrieval service offered by the BBC from 1974 until 2012, whereby "pages" of information are delivered sequentially to a television set and the viewer can move between them.
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(US, informal) A cellular phone.
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A mobile phone which is linked up to a cellular network.
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(telecommunications) A service similar to a private branch exchange, but providing switching at the central office instead of at the customer's premises.
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Cisco Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of routers, switches, and other networking and communications equipment.
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Alternative form of commlink [(science fiction) A communications device.]
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(US, telecommunications) a company providing public telecommunications facilities.
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(telecommunications) The point of demarcation where the provider's network (and responsibility) ends and that of the customer begins.
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(networking) Of a computer, set up to accept incoming modem calls.
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(telecommunications) connection to an external network via modem etc.
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A family of technologies that provides digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network. Often, this notion is used for the Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), the most commonly installed technical variety of DSL.
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(mobile telephony) holding two SIM cards
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(telecommunications) A wireless communication system, smaller than a picocell, typically designed for use in a home or small business.
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A message sent to test a teletype machine, incorporating most or all of the available text characters.
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(mobile communication) A packet-oriented mobile data service available to users of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and IS-136 mobile phones. It provides data rates from 56 up to 114 kilobits per second.
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(telecommunications) GPRS roaming exchange
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Abbreviation of home phone. [landline (telephone in one's house)]
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(Internet) A person responsible for managing domain name records within the Domain Name System or any individual computer (typically a server).
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an electronic communication system, especially one between rooms in a building
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(military) A call sign assigned in accordance with the provisions of the International Telecommunications Union to identify a radio station. The nationality of the radio station is identified by the first or the first two characters. (When used in visual signaling, international call signs are referred to as “signal letters.”)
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(telecommunications) A company that provides internet access.
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(colloquial) Abbreviation of linear television. [(broadcasting) Conventional television viewed at the same time as transmission.]
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A company "that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange access" (except for wireless carriers, unless the FCC determines that the wireless carrier is to be included in the definition); that is, any local telephone company.
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(communication, mobile) A standard marketed as 4G LTE for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals.
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The ability of a mobile phone to move between different networks while in use
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(historical) A French videotex service utilising the telephone network, popular before and alongside the World Wide Web.
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(mobile telephony) Internet data transfer over a cellular telephone network rather than Wi-Fi.
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An item of hand-held electronic equipment, especially a smartphone or tablet computer.
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(telecommunications) All the user equipment (mobile phone, SIM card etc) and software needed for communication with a GSM network.
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(telecommunications) A provider of mobile telecommunications who does not operate any physical network infrastructure, but relies on contracting with physical mobile telecom network infrastructure operators to provide mobility access.
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Equipped with a modem.
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(transitive) To transmit by Morse code.
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(computing) The simultaneous transmission of data to several destinations on a network.
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(telephony) A telephone that connects through the Internet.
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(television) A broadcaster of Internet television using digital distribution.
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Alternative spelling of online [Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid.]
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(communication) Delivered across the Internet to a television or similar device.
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(telecommunications) A company that utilizes or builds on an existing telecommunications operator’s network (which includes telco and cable networks). These are often associated with advanced fiber-optic networks.
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A portable electronic device performing similar functions.
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(broadcasting) An event in which a person is telephoned from the studio for an interview.
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(computing) a small computer network using Bluetooth protocols
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(telecommunications) A telecommunications switching system, physically located at a customer's place of business, that provides internal communication between users and also access to outside (trunk) telephone lines.
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(radio) A postcard confirming a successful reception of a radio signal on amateur radio, usually sent via the QSL bureau.
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(telecommunications) The overall performance of a telephony or computer network, based on error rates, throughput, transmission delay, etc.
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A telecommunications process that produces a hard copy record of the transmission, such as a teletypewriter printout or a facsimile printout.
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(telecommunications) A communication with a data processing facility from a remote location or facility through a data link.
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(computing) A real-time network mirroring of one computer's graphical display onto another computer (with or without knowledge of the mirrored computer's user, with or without shared mouse and keyboard interaction). Also, a specific program that accomplishes that mirroring.
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(telecommunications) the distance from an operating point to the boundary of the security region
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A device or component that transmits, as in telegraphy or computer networks.
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A company that provides a service.
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the system for transmitting text messages on mobile phones
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(trademark) The company Skype Technologies that develops telecommunications software.
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A television with integrated Internet features.
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(Internet) To push continuous data (e.g. music) from a server to a client computer while it is being used (played) on the client.
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(telecommunications) In the L-carrier system, a multiplexed group of channel groups.
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(telecommunications) A group of mastergroups.
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A modern form of surveillance and control based on computerized databases.
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(telecommunications) The use of a supertrunk.
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(computing, mobile telephony) A discontinued mobile operating system originally developed by the Symbian Ltd. consortium and later by Symbian Foundation, Nokia and Accenture.
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Abbreviation of telegram. [A message transmitted by telegraph.]
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(law) Abbreviation of telegraph. [(uncommon) Synonym of telegraphy, any process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code.]
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Alternative form of telecatalogue [A catalogue published by means of a telecommunication network.]
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(informal) Telecommunication or telecommunications.
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(law) Abbreviation of telecommunication. [(uncountable) The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses.]
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Alternative form of telecoms [(informal) telecommunications]
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(countable) A message so transmitted.
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One who answers telephone calls for the emergency services.
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(telecommunications) A measurement of the number of telephones in a region, compared with the number of inhabitants.
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(transitive) To transmit by telefacsimile.
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The devices and networks used to enact this process.
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Remote help provided by means of a telecommunication system.
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(dated) A letter transmitted by facsimile.
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The science of sending, receiving and storing information via telecommunication devices.
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Involving or relating to telemediation; mediated by means of telecommunication technologies.
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A kind of telegram initially sent out electronically and then printed for delivery to the recipient.
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(transitive) To operate (a device) remotely.
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The study and application of telephone technology.
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Any service / function provided by means of a telecommunication link
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(telecommunications) telecommunications traffic
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(transitive, intransitive) To use a teletype.
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Translation into a televisual format; televising.
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A convention for encoding Vietnamese text for transmission across telex systems.
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Abbreviation of telephone. [A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another person (now often shortened to phone).]
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(text messaging) text, text message
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The transmission of a unicast message
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(dated) The provision of interactive video services, such as home shopping and films transmitted on demand, by traditional telecommunication networks.
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(computing) A stream of video data.
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(telecommunications) A transmission technique that enables a user to make and receive telephone calls over a broadband connection.
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(telephony) A telephone that connects through the Internet.
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(business) A commercial firm which provides mobile communications services.
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