Baseband Transmission: The transmission of digital signals over a limited distance. ARCnet and Ethernet LAN's use baseband. It is the opposite of broadband, which refers to the transmission of analog signals over greater distances.

 

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Baseband Transmission: The transmission of digital signals over a limited distance. ARCnet and Ethernet LAN's use baseband. It is the opposite of broadband, which refers to the transmission of analog signals over . . . View Full Definition

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP): Transmission Control Protocol works with IP to ensure that packets travel safely on the Internet. This is the method by which most Internet activity takes place.

Transmission Control Protocol-Internet Protocol (TCP-IP): A set of protocols to link dissimilar computers across many kinds of networks. The primary protocol used by the Internet.

Vertical Transmission: Transmission of an infection, such as HIV, from mother to child during the perinatal period, the period immediately before and after birth.

Transmission: Passage of light through a transparent or translucent material.

Transmission Pipeline: A pipeline that carries natural gas from a region where it is produced to a region where it is stored or consumed.

STC (Sound Transmission Class): The measure of sound stopping of ordinary noise.

Broadband Transmission: A term used to describe analog data transmission. Requires the use of modems. Many different sets of of data can be transmitted simultaneously.

Horizontal Transmission: Transmission of an infection between members of the same species that are not in a parent-child relationship. (cf. vertical transmission)

Oral Transmission: Preservation of music without the aid of written notation.