| communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups |
approach trench
communication trench | a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position |
communication system
communication equipment | facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information |
| communication system | a system for communicating |
remote control
remote | a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance, he lost the remote for his TV |
remote terminal
link-attached terminal
remote station
link-attached station | a terminal connected to a computer by a data link |
communications
communication theory | the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.), communications is his major field of study |
| communication communicating | the activity of communicating, the activity of conveying information, they could not act without official communication from Moscow |
channel communication channel
line | (often plural) a means of communication or access, it must go through official channels, lines of communication were set up between the two firms |
liaison
link
contact
inter-group communication | a channel for communication between groups, he provided a liaison with the guerrillas |
| electronic communication | communication by computer |
digital communication
data communication | electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) |
language
linguistic communication | a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols, he taught foreign languages, the language introduced is standard throughout the text, the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written |
written communication
written language
black and white | communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) |
| animal communication | communication between animals (of the same species) |
| visual communication | communication that relies on vision |
paralanguage
paralinguistic communication | the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings |
| auditory communication | communication that relies on hearing |
speech
speech communication
spoken communication
spoken language
language voice communication
oral communication | (language) communication by word of mouth, his speech was garbled, he uttered harsh language, he recorded the spoken language of the streets |
phatic speech
phatic communication | conversational speech used to communicate sociability more than information |
psychic communication
psychical communication
anomalous communication | communication by paranormal means |
distributed data processing
remote-access data processing
teleprocessing | data processing in which some of the functions are performed in different places and connected by transmission facilities |
| communication | a connection allowing access between persons or places, how many lines of communication can there be among four people?, a secret passageway provided communication between the two rooms |
outback(a)
remote | inaccessible and sparsely populated, |
| distant remote | located far away spatially, distant lands, remote stars |
| distant remote removed | separate or apart in time, distant events, the remote past or future |
| distant remote | far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship , a distant cousin, a remote relative, a distant likeness, considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics |
outside
remote | very unlikely, an outside chance, a remote possibility, a remote contingency |
unmanned
remote-controlled | lacking a crew, an unmanned satellite to Mars |