A representation of facts, concepts, or instructions that are collected, organized, recorded, processed, and stored in a retrievable form suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing by human or automated means. [This definition refers to a group of facts taken as a unit; thus it is used with a singular verb. ]

1. In public switched telephone networks, a single item or group of items at the customer side of the network interface for data transmission purposes, including all equipment that may affect the characteristics of the interface.
2. A data circuit-terminating equipment (DCE) supplied or approved by a common carrier that permits a DCE or data terminal equipment (DTE) to be… (Read More →)

[In security,] the compilation of unclassified individual data systems and data elements resulting in the totality of the information being classified. [INFOSEC-99]

A characteristic of a data element such as length, value, or method of representation.

A process used to verify data integrity, e.g., verification that data received are identical to data sent, or verification that a program is not infected by a virus. [After 2382-pt.8]

1. A set of data related to a given subject and organized in such a way that it can be consulted by users.
2. A data repository accessible by local and remote users.
Note: A data bank may contain information on single or multiple subjects, may be organized in any rational manner, may contain more than one database, and may… (Read More →)

A signaling point that acts as a repository of information and provides query/response services for processing and routing of certain types of network calls (for example, 800 Data Base Service Calls). [T1.226-1992]

Synonym burst transmission.

A bus used to transfer data within or to and from a processing unit or storage device.

A means for delivering data from one point to another. The data channel may be comprised of the following components: format conversion devices, encoders (compressors) and decoders (decompressors), buffers, stream segmentation and reassembly devices, multiplexors and demultiplexors, modulators and demodulators, transmission facilities, switches, multipoint conference units, and other components necessary to achieve the desired channel characteristics. A sequence of data… (Read More →)