The ratio of disengagement attempts that result in disengagement denial to the total disengagement attempts counted during a measurement period.

See daemon.

An assembly of magnetic disks that can be removed as a whole from a disk drive together with a container from which the assembly must be separated when operating.

In computer technology, a small disk of flexible plastic, coated with a magnetizable material and enclosed in a protective jacket, used to store digital data.
Note: A diskette is distinguished from a hard disk by virtue of the fact that it is flexible, and unlike most hard disks, is removable from its drive. Synonyms flexible disk, floppy disk.

In pulse-code modulation (PCM), the digital sum, i.e., the algebraic sum, of a set of signal elements.
Note: The disparity will be zero and there will be no cumulative or drifting polarization if there are as many positive elements (those that represent 1) as there are negative elements (those that represent 0).

A location delivered to the PSAP by a CMRS provider with a 911 call that consists of the street address of the calling party, plus additional information such as suite, apartment or similar information necessary to adequately identify the location of the calling party.

A location delivered to the PSAP by a CMRS provider with a 911 call that consists of the street address of the calling party, plus additional information such as suite, apartment or similar information necessary to adequately identify the location of the calling party.

Any phenomenon in which the velocity of propagation of an electromagnetic wave is wavelength dependent.
Note 1: In communication technology, "dispersion" is used to describe any process by which an electromagnetic signal propagating in a physical medium is degraded because the various wave components (i.e., frequencies) of the signal have different propagation velocities within the physical medium.
Note 2: In… (Read More →)

See material dispersion coefficient.

Operation of a communications link in which signal waveform degradation attributable to the dispersive effects of the communications medium is the dominant mechanism that limits link performance.
Note 1: The amount of allowable degradation is dependent on the quality of the receiver.
Note 2: In fiber optic communications, "dispersion-limited operation" is often confused with "distortion-limited operation. "