communications

n. means of communicating; network of routes for sending messages and transporting troops and supplies

n. exchange of information or ideas; transfer, passing along; letter, message

Communications may refer to:Communication, allows organisms to exchange information by several methodsTelecommunication, the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communicationCommunication studies, "majoring in communications"
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n. communication

1. Information transfer, among users or processes, according to agreed conventions. (188 ) 2. The branch of technology concerned with the representation, transfer, interpretation, and processing of data among persons, places, and machines. Note: The meaning assigned to the data must be preserved during these operations.

The capabilities required by commanders to exercise command and control of their forces. [JCS Pub 18, Operations Security , Dec. 1982.]

Integrated systems of doctrine, procedures, organizational structures, personnel, equipment, facilities, and communications designed to support a commander's exercise of command and control , through all phases of the operational continuum. Synonym C4 systems. [JP1 ]

The facilities, computer equipment, communications equipment, display devices, and intelligence systems necessary to support military operations.

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Telephone and Telegraph administration software handshaking squirt the bird central office local loop leased line Global Positioning System in-band recipient simplex printer E3 Synchronous Digital Hierarchy PSK local exchange carrier local echo cable modem FPLMTS E1 E2 Simplified Multicast Routing Protocol Dual Tone Multi Frequency Public Key Infrastructure statistical time division multiplexing Frame Check Sequence adaptive answering go voice Public Switched Telephone Network PSDN signal-to-noise ratio simple multicast protocol FRAD duplex Longitudinal Redundancy Check longitudinal parity Simple Gateway Control Protocol simplex signalling rate Call Unix single-duplex checksum E4 protocol analyser information superhighway plesiochronous E5 E-carrier system Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy Plain Old Telephone Service Link State Routing Protocol Hayes-compatible vocoder two-binary, one-quaternary X.21 USB Adapter Card Support V.11 V.25 V.28 User Network Interface Vertical Redundancy Check Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line Very Small Aperture Terminal V.FC Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter video dial tone wavelength division multiplexing Video on Demand V.35 Upper Side-Band modulation visible bell Universal Communications X V.10 Voice over IP VSAT video conferencing 

<communications, software> Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems Interconnect model which they provide.
(2001-03-18)