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TRANSEC

Abbreviation for transmission security. See communications security.

transfer

To send information from one location and to receive it at another.

transfer allowed (TFA)

A procedure included in the signaling route management (functionality) that is used to inform a signaling point that a signaling route to a specific destination has become available. [T1.234-1993]

transfer capacity

The maximum sustainable rate of information transfer. [T1.627-1993]

transfer characteristics

Those intrinsic parameters of a system, subsystem, or equipment which, when applied to the input of the system, subsystem, or equipment, will fully describe its output.

transfer controlled (TFC)

A procedure included in the signaling route management (functionality) that is used to inform a signaling point of congestion status of a signaling route. [T1.234-1993]

transfer function

1. A mathematical statement that describes the transfer characteristics of a system, subsystem, or equipment.
2. The relationship between the input and the output of a system, subsystem, or equipment in terms of the transfer characteristics.
Note 1: When the transfer function operates on the input, the output is obtained. Given any two of these three entities, the third can… (Read More →)

transfer mode

In an integrated services digital network, (ISDN), a method of transmitting, multiplexing, and switching.

transfer prohibited (TFP)

A procedure included in the signaling route management (functionality) that is used to inform a signaling point of the unavailability of a signaling route. [T1.234-1993]

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