Any operating agency, as defined in the ITU Convention (Geneva, 1992), which operates a public correspondence or broadcasting service and upon which the obligations provided for in Article 6 of the ITU Constitution are imposed by the Member in whose territory the head office of the agency is situated, or by the Member which has authorized this operating agency to… (Read More →)

Synonym exalted-carrier reception.

An analog sample generated at the output of a decoder when a specified character signal is applied at its input.
Note: The amplitude of the reconstructed sample is proportional to the value of the corresponding encoded sample.

In ADPCM (adaptive differential pulse code modulation), the sum of the signal estimate from adaptive prediction and the quantized difference signal from inverse adaptive quantization. [T1.310-1991]

1. A set of data treated as a unit.
2. To write data on a medium, such as magnetic tape, magnetic disk, or optical disk.
3. In PCS (personal communications services), a string of bytes within an extended frame (EF) handled as a single entity. [After T1.707-1998]

1. A telecommunications process that produces an electronic message that is transmitted, received, stored or archived, and may be retrieved.
2. A telecommunications process, that produces a hard copy record of the transmission, such as a teletypewriter printout or a facsimile printout.
3. Any transmission of intelligence which is reduced to visual record form at the point of reception. [47CFR]

All forms (e.g., narrative, graphic, data, computer memory) of information registered in either temporary or permanent form so that it can be retrieved, reproduced, or preserved. [JP1]

1. The physical medium on which information is stored in recoverable form.
2. In facsimile transmission, the physical medium on which the recorder forms an image of the object, i.e., creates the recorded copy.
Note: The record medium and the record sheet may be identical. Synonym record sheet.

The number that identifies a record within an extended frame (EF). [After T1.707-1998]

The pointer which is used to address one record in an extended frame (EF). [After T1.707-1998]