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06.01.120 (19762) [1 record]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2009-07-31

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Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
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06.01.120 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

means of transmission of signals in one direction between two points [IEC 60050-704, 704-04-02]

OBS

Several channels may share a common path: for example, where each channel is allocated a particular frequency band or a particular time-slot. In some countries, the term "communication channel" or its abbreviation "channel" is also used to mean "telecommunication circuit", i.e. to encompass the two directions of transmission. This usage is deprecated. A transmission channel may be qualified by the nature of the transmitted signals, or its bandwidth or its digit rate: for example: telephone channel, telegraph channel, data channel, 10 MHz channel, 34 Mbit/s channel. [IEC 60050-704, 704-04-02]

OBS

transmission channel: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-4:2008].

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