Low-performance equipment
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In telecommunication
, the term low-performance equipment has the following meanings:
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
, the term low-performance equipment has the following meanings:
- Equipment that has imprecise characteristics that do not meet system reliability requirements.
- In military communicationsTelecommunicationTelecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
, equipment that has insufficiently exacting characteristics to permit its use in trunks or links.
- Note: Low-performance equipment may be used in loops if it meets loop performance requirements.
- Tactical ground and airborne equipment that (a) has size, weight, and complexity characteristics that must be kept to a minimum and (b) is used in systems that have components with similar minimum performance characteristics.