1. For a given class of emission, the width of the frequency band which is just sufficient to ensure the transmission of information at the rate and with the quality required under specified conditions. [NTIA] [RR]
Note: Emissions useful for the adequate functioning of the receiving equipment, e.g., the emission corresponding to the carrier of reduced carrier systems, must be… (Read More →)

1. The legitimate requirement of a person or organization to know, access, or possess sensitive or classified information that is critical to the performance of an authorized, assigned mission.
2. The necessity for access to, or knowledge or possession of, specific information required to carry out official duties. [INFOSEC-99] See also Least Privilege.

Deprecated synonym for inverter.

See feedback.

Synonym de-stuffing.

Synonym de-stuffing.

A transmission control character sent by a station as a negative response to the station with which the connection has been set up.
Note 1: In binary synchronous communication protocol, the NAK is used to indicate that an error was detected in the previously received block and that the receiver is ready to accept retransmission of that block.
Note 2:… (Read More →)

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Abbreviation for noise equivalent power.

1. A unit used to express ratios, such as gain, loss, and relative values.
Note 1: The neper is analogous to the decibel, except that the Naperian base
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8. . . is used in computing the ratio in nepers.
Note 2: The value in nepers, Np, is given by Np = ln(x1/x2), where x1 and x2 are the… (Read More →)