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    telecommunications (telecom)

    Telecommunications, also known as telecom, is the exchange of information over significant distances by electronic means and refers to all types of voice, data and video transmission.

  • telematics

    Telematics is a term that combines the words telecommunications and informatics to describe the use of communications and IT to transmit, store and receive information from devices to remote objects over a network.

  • ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM)

    Ternary content-addressable memory (TCAM) is a specialized type of high-speed memory that searches its entire contents in a single clock cycle.

  • Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA)

    Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) is a digital modulation technique used in digital cellular telephone and mobile radio communication.

  • time-to-live (TTL)

    Time-to-live (TTL) is a value for the period of time that a packet, or data, should exist on a computer or network before being discarded.

  • token ring

    A token ring is a data link for a local area network (LAN) in which all devices are connected in a ring or star topology and pass one or more tokens from host to host.

  • top-of-rack switching

    Top-of-rack switching is a data center architecture design in which computing equipment like servers, appliances and other switches located within the same or adjacent rack connect to an in-rack network switch.

  • transceiver

    A transceiver is a combination transmitter/receiver in a single package.

  • Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

    Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a standard protocol on the internet that ensures the reliable transmission of data between devices on a network.

  • transport layer

    The transport layer is Layer 4 of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) communications model. It is responsible for ensuring that the data packets arrive accurately and reliably between sender and receiver.

  • trunk (trunking)

    A network trunk is a communications line or link designed to carry multiple signals simultaneously to provide network access between two points.

  • tunneling or port forwarding

    Tunneling or port forwarding is the transmission of data intended for use only within a private -- usually corporate -- network through a public network in such a way that the public network's routing nodes are unaware that the transmission is part of a private network.

  • What is a thin client (lean client)?

    A thin client (lean client) is a virtual desktop computing model that runs on the resources stored on a central server instead of a computer's resources.

  • What is TCP/IP?

    TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol and is a suite of communication protocols used to interconnect network devices on the internet.

  • What is Telnet?

    Telnet is a network protocol used to remotely access a computer for a text-based communication channel between two machines.

  • What is throughput?

    Throughput is a measure of how many units of information a system can process in a given amount of time.

  • What is traffic shaping (packet shaping)?

    Traffic shaping, also known as packet shaping, is a congestion management method that regulates network data transfer by delaying the flow of less important or less desired packets.