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telecommunication

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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'