Look up: handover

1. Handover
   The point in the construction of a new property when the builder passes responsibility for the new building to the owner.
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2. handover
   [n] - act of relinquishing property or authority etc
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3. handover
   The process of a MS changing from one channel in one cell or sector to a different channel in a neighboring cell or sector. Fundamental process for mobile telecommunications in all generations - First Generation, Second Generation and Third Generation. See also soft handover.
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4. Handover
   The process of returning the completed project back to the client at the end of a building contract. This is not always the same as practical completion.
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5. handover
   noun act of relinquishing property or authority etc; `the handover of occupied territory`
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6. handover
   in a mobile radiocommunication cellular system, switching of the transmission means used by a call in progress without interruption of the call
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7. Handover
   (political) `Handover`, in the political-historical sense, often refers to the transfer of power of former colonies (particularly those of former British colonies) to the local people. The term was also used for the transfer of the Panama Canal and the Canal Zone to Panama, and the returns of...
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8. Handover
   In cellular telecommunications, the term `handover` or `handoff` refers to the process of transferring an ongoing call or data session from one channel connected to the core network to another. In satellite communications it is the process of transferring satellite control responsibility from one ea...
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