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T-carrier

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005899

A digital transmission system developed by Bell Labs that uses time-division multiplexing to transmit multiple voice or data channels over a single pair of wires. The most common variant, T1, carries 24 voice channels at a total data rate of 1.544 megabits per second. T-carrier systems were widely adopted for long-distance telephone communication and data networking, particularly in North America.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005899
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectElectrical engineering
TranslationsGerman: T-Carrier; Spanish: T-carrier; French: T-carrier
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A digital transmission system developed by Bell Labs that uses time-division multiplexing to transmit multiple voice or data channels over a single pair of wires. The most common variant, T1, carries 24 voice channels at a total data rate of 1.544 megabits per second. T-carrier systems were widely adopted for long-distance telephone communication and data networking, particularly in North America.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "T-Carrier",
    "es": "T-carrier",
    "fr": "T-carrier"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/t-carrier/"
}

Record 6,389 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.