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in-call registration

A feature that enables the UPT (Universal Personal Telecommunications service) user to register from the current terminal address for incoming calls to be presented to that terminal address. When registered, all incoming calls to the UPT number of the UPT user will be presented to the registered terminal address, for the duration specified by the UPT user (duration may also… (Read More →)

inactive signaling link

A signaling link that has been deactivated and cannot therefore carry signaling traffic. [T1.110-1987]

incident

1. In information systems (IS), [an] assessed occurrence having actual or potentially adverse effects on an IS. [INFOSEC-99]
2. In COMSEC, the occurrence that potentially jeopardizes the security of COMSEC material or the secure electrical transmission of national security information or information governed by 10 U. S. C. Section
231
5. [INFOSEC-99]

incidental-radiation device

A device that radiates radio frequency energy during the course of its operation although the device is not intentionally designed to generate radio frequency energy. [NTIA]

inclined orbit

Any nonequatorial orbit of a satellite.
Note: Inclined orbits may be circular or elliptical, synchronous or asynchronous, and direct or retrograde.

inclusion

A foreign object present within, for example, an optical fiber or a crystal.

incoherent

In optics, characterized by a degree of coherence significantly less than
0. 88.

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