vision2020@moscow.com: Re: definitions, please

Re: definitions, please

Sam Scripter (scripter@mines.uidaho.edu)
Sun, 23 Feb 1997 23:25:40 -0800 (PST)

On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Kenton Bird wrote:

> Hello,
> Could someone please define these two abbreviations:
> --CEC (in Tom Trail's letter about the state budget)

CEC = Change in Employee Compensation, e.g., "raises".

> --ISDN (in Gens' comments about telecommunications)

ISDN = Integrated Services Digital Network. In practical terms, it is a
technology which uses special phone lines and special modems to connect
computers to the internet at speeds up to 115k baud or so, thereby
reducing transmission time considerably.

So far, expensive, and in somewhat limited use.

Sam Scripter

> Thanks!
> --Kenton
>
> Kenton Bird
> Department of Journalism
> and Technical Communication
> Colorado State University
> Fort Collins, CO 80523-1785
> Phone: (970) 491-5986 Fax: (970) 491-2908
> e-mail: KBird@vines.ColoState.edu
>

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