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• To stop a telephone call directed to an improper, disconnected, or restricted telephone number, and to redirect that call to an operator or a recording.

• To gain possession of communications intended for others without their consent, and, ordinarily, without delaying or preventing the transmission. Interception by government or military agencies such as the National Security Agency is known as signals intelligence or SIGINT.

• The acquisition of a transmitted signal with the intent of delaying or eliminating receipt of that signal by the intended destination user.

In mathematics, an intercept is the coordinate of the point at which a curve intersects an axis. For example, an x-intercept or a y-intercept. This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Look up call in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A telephone number is a sequence of decimal digits that uniquely indicates the network termination point. ... Copy of the original phone of Alexander Graham Bell at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... In telecommunications, transmission is the act of transmitting electrical messages (and the associated phenomena of radiant energy that passes through media). ... Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander, 16th and current director of the NSA (2005–). The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is the United States governments cryptologic organization that was officially established on November 4, 1952. ... SIGINT stands for SIGnals INTelligence, which is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether by radio interception or other means. ... In telecommunication, signalling (or signaling) has the following meanings: The use of signals for controlling communications. ... In an information transfer transaction, the destination user is the user that receives information from the source, i. ... In mathematics, a root (or a zero) of a function f is an element x in the domain of f such that f(x) = 0. ... The y-intercept in 2-dimensional space is the point where the graph of a function or relationship intercepts the y-axis of the coordinate system. ...

Militarily, interception means actively preventing progress of somebody or something, in particular destroying, diverting, or catching an attacking (or otherwise dangerous/suspect or just unwanted) plane / rocket / missile / projectile ("actively" as opposed to applying armor or other barriers in advance). In the case of an anti-satellite weapon the target is a satellite. See also interceptor aircraft. Look up plane in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A Soyuz rocket, at Baikonur launch pad. ... It has been suggested that Guided missile be merged into this article or section. ... A projectile is any object sent through space by the application of a force. ... Armor or armour (see spelling differences) is protective clothing intended to defend its wearer from intentional harm in combat and military engagements, typically associated with soldiers. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... --69. ... The MiG-25 is a Russian interceptor that was the mainstay of the Soviet air defence. ...

References

• Federal Standard 1037C
• MIL-STD-188

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