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Record 1 1993-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Metering
OBS

The unit in which amounts of telephone traffic are measured. One call which lasts for one hundred seconds constitutes one CCS. (SMICO, 71: 61) If a circuit or piece of equipment is in use 100% of the hour it is said to have 36 CCS of traffic. (PEASWI, 52)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonométrie
OBS

Unité d'évaluation de trafic pour laquelle l'unité utilisée pour les durées d'occupation est égale à 100 s: 1 erlang = 36 CCS. (DELTE 1, 75: 286) L'erlang est l'unité officiellement recommandée par le CCITT pour évaluer le trafic. (...). Il existe cependant d'autres unités (...) -la "centaine de secondes de conversation" (CCS) couramment utilisée aux États-Unis et pour laquelle l'unité utilisée pour les durées d'occupation est égale à 100 s: 1 erlang = 36 CCS. (DELTE 1, 75: 286)

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