Double talk
Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-001805
A form of speech interference in telecommunications where two or more parties attempt to transmit simultaneously over a shared communication channel. This overlap results in garbled or unintelligible audio, making it difficult for receivers to understand either message. It often occurs in half-duplex systems where only one party should transmit at a time.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-001805 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Electrical engineering |
| Synonyms | doublespeak; double Dutch; gibberish; jibber-jabber; nonsense |
| Translations | German: Double Talk; Spanish: doble conversación; French: double conversation |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-IND-001805",
"term": "Double talk",
"field": "Industrial and trades",
"definition": "A form of speech interference in telecommunications where two or more parties attempt to transmit simultaneously over a shared communication channel. This overlap results in garbled or unintelligible audio, making it difficult for receivers to understand either message. It often occurs in half-duplex systems where only one party should transmit at a time.",
"synonyms": [
"doublespeak",
"double Dutch",
"gibberish",
"jibber-jabber",
"nonsense"
],
"subject": "Electrical engineering",
"translations": {
"de": "Double Talk",
"es": "doble conversación",
"fr": "double conversation"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/double-talk/"
}
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