A control character that may be used to identify either the physical end of a data medium or the end of the usable or used portion of a data medium. [From Weik '89]

In tape relay procedure, the letter and key functions, including the end-of-message indicator, that constitute the last format line.

The character that indicates the end of the selection signal.

A transmission control character used to terminate text.

A transmission control character used to indicate the conclusion of a transmission that may have included one or more texts and any associated message headings.
Note: An EOT is often used to initiate other functions, such as releasing circuits, disconnecting terminals, or placing receive terminals in a standby condition.

A transmission control character used to indicate the end of a transmission block of data when data are divided into such blocks for transmission purposes.

A direct peer to peer communication of terminal equipment (TE) to TE, or TE to a network gateway supporting, for example, PSPDN interworking (public switched packet data network interworking). [T1.606-1990]

1. A characteristic of preserving the privacy and/or unadulterated nature of communicated data across networks which may include, e.g., application relays in store-and-forward or chained applications.
2. The capability that the application relay should be able to forward data (or parts thereof) as received at the relay without needing to completely decode/decrypt that data. (See also ISO/IEC
1074
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Encipherment of data within or at the source end system, with the corresponding decipherment occurring only within or at the destination end system. (See also link-by-link encipherment. ) [7498-2]

[The] encryption of information at its origin and decryption at its intended destination without intermediate decryption. [INFOSEC-99]