In
telecommunication, the term terminal equipment has the following meanings:
Communications equipment at either end of a communications
link, used to permit the stations involved to accomplish the mission for which the link was established. In
radio-
relay systems, equipment used at points where
data are inserted or derived, as distinct from equipment used only to relay a reconstituted
signal.
Telephone and telegraph switchboards and other centrally located equipment at which communications circuits are terminated.
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1.
Communications equipment at either end of a communications
link, used to permit the stations involved to accomplish the mission for which the link was established. 2. In
radio-
relay systems, equipment used at points where
data are inserted or derived, as distinct from equipment used only to relay a reconstituted
signal. 3.
Telephone and telegraph switchboards and other centrally located equipment at which communications circuits are terminated.