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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Noun
1. the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study"
(synonym) communication theory
(hypernym) discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
(class) information, selective information, entropy

Noun
1. the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"
(synonym) communicating
(hypernym) act, human action, human activity
(hyponym) transmission
(derivation) communicate
2. something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
(hypernym) social relation
(hyponym) message
(derivation) convey, transmit, communicate
3. a connection allowing access between persons or places; "how many lines of communication can there be among four people?"; "a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms"
(hypernym) connection, connexion, connectedness
(derivation) communicate

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.