End Transmission Block character — In the C0 control code set used in ASCII, ETB is a short name for the End Transmission Block control character (code 23, or 0x17) … Wikipedia
Block check character — In telecommunications, a block check character (BCC) is a character added to a transmission block to facilitate error detection.In Longitudinal redundancy checking and cyclic redundancy checking, block check characters are computed for, and added … Wikipedia
Transmission Voie-Machine — (TVM), or track to train transmission , is a form of in cab signalling used on lignes à grande vitesse (high speed railway lines based on the French TGV system) that differs considerably from signalling on conventional railway lines. Because TGV… … Wikipedia
Transmission Balise-Locomotive — La TBL (Transmission balise locomotive) est un des systèmes de répétition des signaux et de signalisation de cabine utilisé en Belgique. Les informations sont transmises par des balises ou par des boucles[1]. Ces appareils émettent en permanence … Wikipédia en Français
Block — may refer to: * A way of controlling train movement in railway signalling * Postage stamp block, an attached group of postage stampsObjects* A large concrete or stone brick * Block (sailing), a single or multiple pulley used on sailboats *… … Wikipedia
Transmission and infection of H5N1 — from infected avian sources to humans is a concern due to the global spread of H5N1 that constitutes a pandemic threat.Infected birds pass on H5N1 through their saliva, nasal secretions, and feces. Other birds may pick up the virus through direct … Wikipedia
Block Truncation Coding — Block Truncation Coding, or BTC, is a type of lossy image compression technique for greyscale images. It divides the original images into blocks and then uses a quantiser to reduce the number of grey levels in each block whilst maintaining the… … Wikipedia
block — [bläk] n. [ME blokke < OFr bloc & MDu block < IE * bhlugo < base * bhel , a thick plank, beam > BALK, Gr phalanx, L fulcrum] 1. any large, solid piece of wood, stone, or metal, often with flat surfaces 2. a blocklike stand or platform … English World dictionary
Transmission (magazine) — Transmission is a literary magazine in the United Kingdom.HistoryTransmission was founded in 2004 by Dan McTiernan and Graham Foster. Printed in Manchester, it was originally chiefly concerned with finding and championing unpublished authors from … Wikipedia
Block error — A block error is a common type of error in certain types of digital television transmission, particularly those that use image compression. Its presence in a television image is a telltale sign that 1) the signal is broadcast digitally, as this… … Wikipedia
