The reception of emissions from a space station in the broadcasting-satellite service by simple domestic installations and in particular those possessing small antennae. [NTIA] [RR]

The transfer of energy from one circuit to another by virtue of the mutual inductance between the circuits.
Note 1: Inductive coupling may be deliberate and desired (as in an antenna coupler) or may be undesired (as in power line inductive coupling into telephone lines).
Note 2: Capacitive coupling favors transfer of higher frequency components, whereas inductive coupling favors transfer… (Read More →)

Operation of equipment or appliances designed to generate and use locally radio-frequency energy for industrial, scientific, medical, domestic or similar purposes, excluding applications in the field of telecommunications. [NTIA] [RR]

A standing committee of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) that provides an open forum to address and resolve industry-wide issues associated with planning, administration, allocation, assignment and use of the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) numbering resources within the NANP area.

A voluntary, industry-developed document that establishes requirements for products, practices, or operations.

Indirect access to information, without access to the data which represents it [CESG].

A slang term for The Internet or NII. See National Information Infrastructure.

Synonym droid.

1. Facts, data, or instructions in any medium or form. [JP 1-02]
2. The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in their representation. [JP 1-02]
3. The meaning assigned to data by means of the convention and context used in its representation [CESG].
Note: Information is represented by data and is not… (Read More →)

Information operations (IO) that protect and defend information and information systems (IS) by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and nonrepudiation. This includes providing for restoration of information systems by incorporating protection, detection, and reaction capabilities. [INFOSEC-99]