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signalling event

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
sig-nalling event
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A transmitter encodes data by producing a signal which is a continuous stream of signalling events each which has sufficient information for the receiver to recover the original data. Just like a quantum leap is the smallest measurable leap, a signalling event is the smallest possible amount of signal that the receiver needs to recover the original data without error.

noun

A change of the state of a communication channel, each state representing a symbol that is to be transmitted.

Inflected Forms

signalling events (plural) signaling (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

baud

Questions

What does signalling event mean?
A transmitter encodes data by producing a signal which is a continuous stream of signalling events each which has sufficient information for the receiver to recover the original data. Just like a quantum leap is the smallest measurable leap, a signalling event is the smallest possible amount of signal that the receiver needs to recover the original data without error.

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