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mark

1. In telegraphy, one of the two significant conditions of encoding.
Note 1: The complementary significant condition is called a "yyspace. "
Note 2: In modern digital communications, the two corresponding significant conditions of encoding are called "1" and "
0. " Synonyms marking pulse, marking signal.
2. A symbol or symbols that indicate the beginning or the end of… (Read More →)

mark sequence

A string of mark bits (sent immediately before message transmission starts) to alert the customer installation (CI) to initiate certain actions. [T1.401-1998]

marker beacon

A transmitter in the aeronautical radionavigation service which radiates vertically a distinctive pattern for providing position information to aircraft. [NTIA] [RR]

Marking

Human readable word or phrase acting as an indicator of all or part of the security constraints that apply to a document so marked [CESG]. See also: Label.

marking bias

The uniform lengthening of all marking signal pulse widths at the expense of the pulse widths of all spacing pulses.

marquee

1. In computer display, a line of alphanumeric characters that scrolls through, and within, a defined area (window).
2. An HTML tag that enables the display of a marquee.

Martian

1. [Slang] Pertaining to packets that are delivered to the wrong network as the result of bogus routing entries. [After Bahorsky]
2. [Slang] A packet that has a completely bogus (nonregistered or ill-formed) Internet address. [After Bahorsky]

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