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statute mile

A unit of distance equal to
1. 609 km (
0. 869 nmi, 5280 ft. ).

STC

System Time Clock

STD

Subscriber Trunk Dialing

STDM

Abbreviation for statistical time-division multiplexing.

steady-state condition

1. In a communications circuit, a condition in which some specified characteristic of a condition, such as a value, rate, periodicity, or amplitude, exhibits only negligible change over an arbitrarily long period.
2. In an electrical circuit, the condition that exists after all initial transients or fluctuating conditions have damped out, and all currents, voltages, or fields remain essentially constant,… (Read More →)

steady-state throughput

The value to which a throughput measurement converges, as the duration of the observation period increases with statistically constant load on the virtual connection. [After T1.504-1989]

steganography

A variety of encryption that completely hides text or graphics, usually unencrypted, within other text or graphics that are electronically transmitted.

step-by-step (SXS) switching system

An automatic dial telephone system in which calls are switched by a succession of switches that move a step at a time, from stage to stage, each step being made in response to the dialing of a number.

step-index fiber

An optical fiber with a core having a uniform refractive index.

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