Edholm's lawEdholm's law, proposed by and named after Phil Edholm, refers to the observation that the three categories of telecommunication, namely wireless (mobile), nomadic (wireless without mobility) and wired networks (fixed), are in lockstep and gradually converging. Edholm's law also holds that data rates for these telecommunications categories increase on similar exponential curves, with the slower rates trailing the faster ones by a predictable time lag.
Audio filterAn audio filter is a frequency dependent circuit, working in the audio frequency range, 0 Hz to 20 kHz. Audio filters can amplify (boost), pass or attenuate (cut) some frequency ranges. Many types of filters exist for different audio applications including hi-fi stereo systems, musical synthesizers, effects units, sound reinforcement systems, instrument amplifiers and virtual reality systems. Low-pass Low-pass filters pass through frequencies below their cutoff frequencies, and progressively attenuates frequencies above the cutoff frequency.
Signoff (electronic design automation)In the automated design of integrated circuits, signoff (also written as sign-off) checks is the collective name given to a series of verification steps that the design must pass before it can be taped out. This implies an iterative process involving incremental fixes across the board using one or more check types, and then retesting the design. There are two types of sign-off's: front-end sign-off and back-end sign-off. After back-end sign-off, the chip goes to fabrication.
Hybrid algorithmA hybrid algorithm is an algorithm that combines two or more other algorithms that solve the same problem, either choosing one based on some characteristic of the data, or switching between them over the course of the algorithm. This is generally done to combine desired features of each, so that the overall algorithm is better than the individual components. "Hybrid algorithm" does not refer to simply combining multiple algorithms to solve a different problem – many algorithms can be considered as combinations of simpler pieces – but only to combining algorithms that solve the same problem, but differ in other characteristics, notably performance.
Digital Signal 1Digital Signal 1 (DS1, sometimes DS-1) is a T-carrier signaling scheme devised by Bell Labs. DS1 is the primary digital telephone standard used in the United States, Canada and Japan and is able to transmit up to 24 multiplexed voice and data calls over telephone lines. E-carrier is used in place of T-carrier outside the United States, Canada, Japan, and South Korea. DS1 is the logical bit pattern used over a physical T1 line; in practice, the terms DS1 and T1 are often used interchangeably.
AgrégateurUn agrégateur est une entité qui regroupe plusieurs grandeurs ou flux en un seul. Dans le domaine informatique, un logiciel agrégateur tresse plusieurs fils de syndication en même temps. Il prévient de la mise à jour de sites web ou des actualités qu'ils publient et importe le contenu nouveau en question. Dans le domaine de l'énergie, un agrégateur désigne un opérateur économique spécialisé dans l'agrégation d'effacement de consommation électrique.
In-band on-channelLe terme in-band on-channel (IBOC) désigne une famille de méthodes de transmission d'émissions de radio simultanément en numérique et en analogique (simulcast) sur la même fréquence porteuse. Le principe est de conserver le signal analogique classique, ce qui permet aux récepteurs existants de continuer à recevoir les émissions, et d'« accrocher » en plus des données numériques à la porteuse principale du signal analogique. Cette méthode est utilisable aussi bien en modulation d'amplitude (AM) qu'en modulation de fréquence (FM).
