Interference caused by another signal operating on the same channel.

Acronym for customer owned and maintained equipment. Deprecated term. See customer premises equipment.

An Earth station in the fixed-satellite service or, in some cases, in the maritime mobile-satellite service, located at a specified fixed point on land to provide a feeder link for the maritime mobile-satellite service. [NTIA] [RR]

A land station in the maritime mobile service. [RR]

In timing-dependent systems, a free-running operational timing mode in which continuous or periodic measurement of clock error, i.e., of timing error, is not made.
Note: Operation in the coasting mode may be enhanced for a period of time by using clock-error data or clock-correction data (obtained during a prior period of operation in the tracking mode) to estimate clock corrections.

See primary coating.

See coaxial cable.

1. A cable consisting of a center conductor surrounded by an insulating material and a concentric outer conductor and optional protective covering, all of circular cross-section. Synonym (when combined with others under a common sheath) coaxial tube.
2. A cable consisting of multiple coaxial tubes under a single protective sheath.
Note: Coaxial cables are used primarily for CATV and other… (Read More →)

See patch bay.

Acronym for common business oriented language. A programming language designed for business data processing.