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`PATRICK-TURNER'S
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`INDUSTRIAL
`AUTOMATION
`DICTIONARY
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`First Edition
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`CCT. Jones
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`S.P. Jones
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`PaTRICK-TURNER PUBLISHING COMPANY
`Atlanta ® Philadelphia
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`Copyright” 1996 by Patrick-Tumer Publishing Company
`First Edition
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`to whether or nos it is subject no proprietary nights. No entry, term, of definition in this dictionary
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`COMMUNICATION LINK
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`communication link: An electrical and logical connection between two devices, On a
`local area network, a communication link is the point-to-point path between sending
`station and receiving station
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`communication network: 1) A group of stations connected of in communication contact
`so that messages can be transmitted among them, although not necessarily on the same
`channel. 2) Two or more interrelated circuits, switches, or terminals for communications.
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`communication oriented production information and control system (COPICS);
`Individual compatible program modules that provide applications support for advanced
`function material requirements planning, bill of materials, routing data control, shop
`order release, facilities data control, product cost calculations, inventory accounting, and
`customer order servicing
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`communication protocol: The rules governing the exchange of information between
`devices on a data link.
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`communication security: 1) The protection resulting from the application of measures
`that deny unauthorized persons access to information transferred in a communication
`system, 2) The protection of a communication system from unauthorized access to,
`information in, or information concerning the system (e.g., codes, locations of
`equipment, frequencies, and protocal).
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`communication system: A system or
`between persons and equipment.
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`facility capable of providing information transfer
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`communication traffic volume: A measure of the number of calls, messages, words, or
`other data unite handled by a communication system per unit time. Also see erlang,
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`Community Antenna Television (CATV): A method of delivering quality television
`reception by taking signals from a well- situated central antenna and delivering them to
`people's hames by means of coaxial cable network. The electrical components for such
`systems can also be use to create broadband local area networks.
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`commutator: The part of a motor or generator that provides contact between the
`armature windings and brushes.
`[t is made of copper segments separated by mica or
`other insulation. The brushes ride on the commutator as the armature turns.
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`compactness: A measurement describing the distribution of pixels within a blob with
`respect to the blob’s center, a shape factor.
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`comparator; A device or circuit that accepts and compares two analog signals and gives a
`digital output to indicates whether the compared. signals are equal or unequal.
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`compare: To determine whether a particular quantity is greater, equal to, or less than
`another quantity, or to determine whether one piece of data is exactly like another.
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