telecommunication
nouncandidate·updated May 18, 2026
Preparation, transmission, communication, or related processing of information (writing, images, sounds, or other data) by electrical, electromagnetic, electromechanical, electro-optical, or electronic means.
polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
The transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user's choosing, without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary
The exchange of information over significant distances by electronic means.
Wordset Dictionary
(often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance
Wordset Dictionary
(often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- telecom
- alternatephrasing
- TelecommunicationTelecommunications
- plural
- telecommunications
- possessive
- telecommunication's
- pluralpossessive
- telecommunications'