NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Data circuit terminating equipment

1. In a data station, the equipment that performs functions, such as signal conversion and coding, at the network end of the line between the data terminal equipment (DTE) and the line, and that may be a separate or an integral part of the DTE or of intermediate equipment.

2. The interfacing equipment that may be required to couple the data terminal equipment (DTE) into a transmission circuit or channel and from a transmission circuit or channel into the DTE. Synonyms data communications equipment (deprecated), data set (deprecated).

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188

DCE may also be an acronym for the Distributed Computing Environment, a specification from The Open Group.

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Data circuit-terminating equipment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (197 words)
	In a data station, the equipment that performs functions, such as signal conversion and coding, at the network end of the line between the data terminal equipment (DTE) and the line, and that may be a separate or an integral part of the DTE or of intermediate equipment.
	The interfacing equipment that may be required to couple the data terminal equipment (DTE) into a transmission circuit or channel and from a transmission circuit or channel into the DTE.
	Data Communications Equipment (DCE) is a device that communicates with a Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) device in RS-232C communications.

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