antenna

A device comprising an arrangement of wires, metal rods, and so on for radiating and receiving radio signals.A transmitting antenna converts electrical current to electromagnetic radio waves projected into free space or a waveguide.A receiving antenna converts electromagnetic radio waves into electric current.An antenna commonly performs both transmit and receive functions.The transmitters and receivers used in free space optics (FSO) also can be characterized as antennas. See also free space, FSO, and waveguide.

• acknowledgement (ACK)
• ACL (Asynchronous Connectionless Link)
• ACM
• acoustics
• ACR
• acronym
• acrylate coating
• active
• active
• ACTS (Advanced Communications Technologies and Services)
• adaptive differential pulse code modulation (ADPCM)
• Adaptive Transform Coder 3 (AC-3)
• ADC (Analog-to-Digital Converter)
• ADCCP (Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures)
• add/drop multiplexer (ADM)
• address
• address book
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
• ad hoc mode
• adjunct
• adjunct processor (AP)
• ADM (Add/Drop Multiplexer)
• ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation)
• ADPCM (Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation)
• ADSL2 (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line version 2)