Erlang

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-002067",
  "term": "Erlang",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A dimensionless unit of traffic intensity in telecommunications, equal to the average number of circuits or channels occupied at the same time. One erlang means a single channel is in use continuously, so a group of circuits that carries 30 call-minutes of traffic in one hour carries 0.5 erlang. A load of one erlang sustained for one hour is called one erlang-hour of traffic volume.",
  "synonyms": [
    "E",
    "Erl"
  ],
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Erlang",
    "es": "erlang",
    "fr": "erlang"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/erlang/"
}