17-05-2012, 12:08 PM
modern rapid growth
ABSTRACT
The modern rapid growth of the applications of radio and telecommunications technique makes it desirable, even in war-time, to keep as up to date as possible a collection of definitions of the various terms and phrases used by workers and students in this field. To give effect to this point of view, the British Standards Institution has just issued a revised and enlarged edition of B.S. 204 entitled "Glossary of Terms used in Telecommunication" (obtainable from the British Standards Institution, 28 Victoria Street, London, S.W.1, 2s.). This publication has been prepared in collaboration with the General Post Office and other organizations concerned with communications technique and practice. It comprises revised sections of earlier glossaries dealing with telegraphy, telephony, radiocommunication, television and radio direction-finding, together with a new section on fire alarms.
An appendix collects together the various symbols used for the quantities defined in the glossary. While it is doubtful if all workers in this field will agree with all the definitions, the revision, collection and rearrangement of the terms in this new publication will be found of considerable use as a reference manual by all those concerned with the preparation of technical documents and publications, as well as by the large number of other scientific and technical workers in this rapidly expanding field of telecommunications.
ABSTRACT
The modern rapid growth of the applications of radio and telecommunications technique makes it desirable, even in war-time, to keep as up to date as possible a collection of definitions of the various terms and phrases used by workers and students in this field. To give effect to this point of view, the British Standards Institution has just issued a revised and enlarged edition of B.S. 204 entitled "Glossary of Terms used in Telecommunication" (obtainable from the British Standards Institution, 28 Victoria Street, London, S.W.1, 2s.). This publication has been prepared in collaboration with the General Post Office and other organizations concerned with communications technique and practice. It comprises revised sections of earlier glossaries dealing with telegraphy, telephony, radiocommunication, television and radio direction-finding, together with a new section on fire alarms.
An appendix collects together the various symbols used for the quantities defined in the glossary. While it is doubtful if all workers in this field will agree with all the definitions, the revision, collection and rearrangement of the terms in this new publication will be found of considerable use as a reference manual by all those concerned with the preparation of technical documents and publications, as well as by the large number of other scientific and technical workers in this rapidly expanding field of telecommunications.