DTE

device (such as a computer, printer, telephone, etc.) that is used as a transmission source or destination for data transfer and is connected to a modem (DCE) by the RS-232C interface

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Abbreviation for data terminal equipment. 1. An end instrument that converts user information into signals for transmission or reconverts the received signals into user information. (188 ) 2. The functional unit of a data station that serves as a data source or a data sink and provides for the data communication control function to be performed in accordance with link protocol. Note 1: The data terminal equipment (DTE) may be a single piece of equipment or an interconnected subsystem of multiple pieces of equipment that perform all the required functions necessary to permit users to communicate. Note 2: A user interacts with the DTE, or the DTE may be the user. The DTE interacts with the data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE).

Data Terminal Equipment

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