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Encyclopedia > Asynchronous communications system

In telecommunication, an asynchronous communications system (start-stop system) is a data communications system that uses asynchronous operation. BlackBerry 7100t Telecommunication refers to communication over long distances. ... Data is the plural of datum. ... In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. ... In telecommunication, the term asynchronous operation has the following meanings: 1. ...

  • In an asynchronous communications system, extra signal elements are usually appended to the data for the purpose of synchronizing individual data characters or blocks.
  • The time spacing between successive data characters or blocks may be of arbitrary duration.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188 In information theory, a signal is a flow of information. ... In telecommunication, the term synchronizing has the following meanings: Achieving and maintaining synchronism. ... A watch Attempting to understand time has long been a prime occupation for philosophers, scientists and artists. ... Federal Standard 1037C entitled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms is a U.S. Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. ... MIL-STD-188 is a series of U.S. military standards relating to telecommunications. ...


See also

  • Start-stop transmission

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Asynchronous communications system - Patent 4803481 (9613 words)
The communications system of claim 1 wherein said master comprises at least one transmitter circuit having conditioning means receptive of an input signal of high and low logical states for providing a conditioned signal to one of said channels of the same logical state as said input signal.
The communications system of claim 1 wherein said slave comprises at least one transmitter circuit having conditioning means receptive of an input signal of high and low logical states for providing a conditioned signal to one of said channels of the same logical state as said input signal.
The communications system of claim 1 further comprising a second slave connected to said communication transmission means and an interchange means for coupling to said communication transmission means and responsive to said master for selectively transferring said logical state on at least one of said channels to at least one of said slaves.
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