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Telex�

A communication service involving teletypewriters connected through automatic exchanges.

Telnet

The TCP/IP standard network virtual terminal protocol that is used for remote terminal connection service and that allows a user at one site to interact with systems at other sites as if that user terminal were directly connected to computers at those sites.

TEM

Abbreviation for transverse electric and magnetic mode.

TEMPEST

1. [A] Short name referring to investigation, study, and control of compromising emanations from information systems (IS) equipment. [INFOSEC-99]
2. To shield against compromising emanations.
3. The unintentional radiation or conduction of compromising emanations from communications, non-communications and/or computer systems [CESG]. See also: Radiation Security.
4. The study and control of spurious electronic signals emitted from ADP equipment [TCSEC]. TEMPEST… (Read More →)

temporal application

A video application requiring high temporal resolution, i.e., reduced jerkiness, possibly at the expense of reduced spatial resolution.
Note: An example of temporal applications is the ability to accurately discern moving image features such as facial expressions and lip movements.

temporal edge noise

In a video display, that form of edge busyness that is characterized by time-varying sharpness at the edges of objects.

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