telecommunications (telecom)


Telecommunications, also known as telecom, is the exchange of information over significant distances by electronic means, referring to all types of voice, data and video transmission. This is a broad term that includes a wide range of information-transmitting technologies and communication

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A complete, single telecommunications circuit consists of two stations, each equipped with a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter and receiver at any station may be combined into a single device called a transceiver. The medium of signal transmission can be via electrical wire or cable -- also known as copper -- optical fiber, electromagnetic fields or light. The free space transmission and reception of data by means of electromagnetic fields is called wireless communications.

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