In computer programming, a partial computer address that uses the base address of the computer program, in which it appears, as the ellipsed component of the partial address. Note 1: A program that uses self-relative addresses will be portable, in that all related programs and subroutines can be moved, together, to a different computer or subdirectory, and all components will still be accessible. Note 2: An example would be a Web page with a complete address of http://www.example.com/menu.html. If that page links to another page, at that same website, with the complete address of http://www.example.com/index.html, that link could be written as a self-relative address, as index.html. A browser, reading this link, would “assume” that the complete address of that page must include the base address of the first page (i.e., http:///www.example.com/).

A code in which the symbol stream formed by a portion of one code word, or by the overlapped portion of any two adjacent code words, is not a valid code word. Note 1: A self-synchronizing code permits the proper framing of transmitted code words provided that no uncorrected errors occur in the symbol stream. Note 2: External synchronization is not required. Note 3: High-level data link control (HDLC) and Advanced Data Communication Control Procedures (ADCCP) frames represent self-synchronizing code words.

A circuit that uses the data it is retransmitting to perform tests on itself to ensure that it is transmitting properly, i.e., to ensure that all circuit components are functioning properly. [After Weik ’96]

A connection established via a service order or via network management. [T1.627-1993]

A machine-aided command and control system in which human intervention is required in varying degrees to operate the system.

In telephone systems, a switching system in which telephone operators receive call instructions orally from users and complete them by automatic equipment. 2. At tape-relay intermediate stations, the manual routing or rerouting of taped messages without rekeying them.

Synonym injection laser diode.