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Transmission

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The state that exists when information is being electronically sent from one location to one or more other locations.

polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012

The process of sending, propagating and receiving an analogue or digital information signal over a physical point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transmission medium, either wired or wireless.

Wordset Dictionary

the act of sending a message

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the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle

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communication by means of transmitted signals

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an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

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the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substance

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
contagioninfectiontransmission systemtransmittaltransmittancetransmitting
plural
Transmissions
possessive
Transmission's
pluralpossessive
Transmissions'