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classmark

A designator used to describe the service feature privileges, restrictions, and circuit characteristics for lines or trunks that access a switch.
Note: Examples of classmarks include precedence level, conference privilege, security level, and zone restriction. Synonym class-of-service mark.

clear

To cause one or more storage locations to be in a prescribed state, usually that corresponding to a zero or that corresponding to the yyspace character.

clear channel

1. In radio broadcasting, a frequency assigned for the exclusive use of one entity.
2. In networking, a signal path that provides its full bandwidth for a user's service.
Note: No control or signaling is performed on this path.

clear channel capability (CCC)

A characteristic of a transmission path in which the bit position allocated for customer data may represent any combination of zeros and ones. For the DS1 rate, the bits allocated for customer data are the last 192 bits of each frame. [T1.408-1990]

clear collision

Contention that occurs when a DTE and a DCE simultaneously transfer a clear request packet and a clear indication packet specifying the same logical channel.
Note: The DCE will consider that the clearing is completed and will not transfer a DCE clear confirmation packet.

clear confirmation signal

A call control signal used to acknowledge reception of the data-terminal-equipment (DTE) clear request by the data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE) or to acknowledge the reception of the DCE clear indication by the DTE.

clear message

1. A message that (a) is sent in the forward direction and the backward direction, (b) contains a circuit-released signal or circuit-released acknowledgment signal, and (c) usually contains an indication of whether the message is in the forward or the backward direction.
2. A message in plain language, i.e., not enciphered.

clear text

1. Intelligible data, the semantic content of which is available.
2. Synonym plain text.

clearing

1. A sequence of events used to disconnect a call and return to the ready state.
2. Removal of data from an information system (IS), its storage devices, and other peripheral devices with storage capacity, in such a way that the data may not be reconstructed using common system capabilities (i.e., keyboard strokes); however, the data may be reconstructed using… (Read More →)

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