Telenetics 56 Manuel D’Utilisation

Control Character transmitted by a receiving device as an affirmation to a sending device.

Roman Letters (alphabetic) and Arabic numbers (numeric).

The height of a waveform measured in volts.

Transmission of information by varying the amplitude of a carrier signal.

Data in the form of continuously variable physical qualities. Compare with Digital data.

A signal such as voice or music that varies in a continuous manner (smooth transitions to
different levels).

American National Standards Institute, primary standards development body in the USA.

American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Pronounced as-kee. A code by which
alphanumeric, punctuation and control characters, commonly found on computer keyboards, are
each assigned a unique value between 0-127 (decimal).

A data transmission in which the time between characters may vary. Characters are delimited by
start and stop bits.

The loss of power through transmission equipment, lines or other communication devices.

A modem capability that allows automatic pick-up — by the modem — when the phone
answers.