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unusual facts about Data transmission


Hard disk drive performance characteristics

The access time or response time of a rotating drive is a measure of the time it takes before the drive can actually transfer data.



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ARQ

Automatic Repeat-reQuest, an error control mechanism for data transmission

Circuit Switched Data

With the evolution of CDMA to CDMA2000 and 1xRTT the use of IS-95 CDMA Circuit Switched Data declined in favour of the faster data transmission speeds available with the newer technologies.

FLTK

Fldigi, Amateur radio software that allows data transmission and text chat via digital modes such as PSK31.

Four-valued logic

In the SAE J1939 standard, used for CAN data transmission in heavy road vehicles, there are four logical (boolean) values, False, True, Error Condition, and Not installed (represented by values 0-3).

High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data

HSCSD is also an option in enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) and universal mobile telephone system (UMTS) systems where packet data transmission rates are much higher.

MagicVortex

Notifications are sent via email, but all data transmission is protected using SSL encryption.

Modified Modular Jack

The six conductors of the DECconnect MMJ connector are used for the main signals in RS-423 serial communication: Tx and Rx for the data transmission and DSR and DTR for handshaking.

Norpak

Norpak's products, now part of and complementary to the Ross Video line, include equipment for embedding data in a television or video signal such as for closed captioning, XDS, V-chip data, non-teletext NABTS data for closed-circuit data transmission, and other data protocols for VBI transmission.

Restart

Reset, clearing any pending errors or events in a data transmission system or computer and bringing the system to normal condition or an initial state

Sequential transmission

Serial communication, a method of data transmission in telecommunication and computing