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ATIS Telecom Glossary

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safety service

Any radiocommunication service used permanently or temporarily for the safeguarding of human life and property. [NTIA] [RR]

SAI

Service Area Interface (also called crossbox, FDI, JWI)

sample key

Key intended for off-the-air demonstration use only. [INFOSEC-99]

sampled data

Data in which the information content exists only for instantaneous values measured or determined at or for discrete intervals.
Note: Sampled data can be analog or digital. [After SMPTE]

sampling interval

The reciprocal of the sampling rate, i.e., the interval between corresponding points on two successive sampling pulses of the sampling signal.

sampling rate

The number of samples taken per unit time, i.e., the rate at which signals are sampled for subsequent use, such as for modulation, coding, and quantization. Deprecated synonym sampling frequency.

SAN

Storage Area Network

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