Look up: repeater

1. repeater
   (networking, communications) A network or communications device which propagates electrical signals from one cable to another, amplifying them to restore them to full strength in the process. Repeaters are used to counter the attenuation which occurs when signals travel long distances (e.g. across ...
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2. Repeater
   [disambiguation] A repeater is a telecommunications device that amplifies a signal. Broadcast relay stations, cellular repeaters, microwave radio relays, tunnel transmitters, radio repeaters, amateur radio repeaters and communications satellite transponders all act as repeaters in that they ...
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3. repeater
   [n] - a person who repeats 2. [n] - (electrical engineering) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again
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4. Repeater
   A device used to extend cabling distances, or the range of a wireless device, by regenerating signals. Signal regeneration typically involves receiving, re-shaping, re-timing and re-transmitting the signal.
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5. Repeater
   A clock or watch that chimes the last completed hour (and often the quarter-hours as well) when a plunger or slider is operated.   The necessary mechanism is usually housed between the dial and the front plate, so that it adds very little to the bulk of the watch;  this compactness is possible becau
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6. Repeater
   (NETWORK GLOSSARY) A device that regenerates and propagates electrical signals between two network segments.
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7. Repeater
   In a fibre system, an opto-electronic device or module that receives an optical signal, converts it to electrical form, amplifies it (or in the case of a digital signal, reshapes, retimes or otherwise reconstructs it and retransmits it in optical fibre).
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8. repeater
   a device at a node that amplifies or regenerates data signals in order to extend the distance between data stations or to interconnect two or more branches; assembly of equipment usually including one or more amplifiers for use at a point in a telecommunication circuit Category: Automation (inclu...
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9. repeater
   A clock or watch with a striking mechanism activated at will, which tells the user the time without his actually having to look at the timepiece. Repeating devices were introduced by British clock-makers in the 168os and are still being made today. The mechanism is activated by a cord or lever to sound (or 'repeat') the last hour, quarter hour and …
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10. Repeater
    A network device that regenerates the signal to increase a cabling run.
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11. Repeater
    Re·peat'er noun One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: (a) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. (b) A repeating firearm. (c) (Teleg....
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12. repeater
    One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: ... A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. ... A repeating firearm. ... <medicine> A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicate...
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13. repeater
    noun a person who repeats; `the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times`
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14. repeater
    noun someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
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15. Repeater
    • (n.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point. • (n.) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. • (n.) See Circulating decimal, under Decimal. • (n.)...
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16. repeater
    (from the article `satellite communication`) Satellites provide communications links via microwave radio, most commonly in the superhigh-frequency band of 3 to 30 gigahertz (3 billion to 30 ... A telecommunications satellite is a sophisticated space-based cluster of radio repeaters, called transponders, that link terrestrial radio ... ...
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17. Repeater
    A module which receives information from a link and retransmitts it to points further downstream.
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18. Repeater
    [horology] A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch or clock that audibly chimes the hours and often minutes at the press of a button. There are many types of repeater, from the simple repeater which merely strikes the number of hours, to the minute repeater which chimes the time d...
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19. Repeater
    [album] Repeater is the debut full-length studio album by the American post-hardcore band Fugazi. It was released on April 19, 1990 as Repeater on LP, and in May 1990 on CD bundled with the 3 Songs EP as Repeater + 3 Songs. It was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA and produced a...
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20. Repeater
    A repeater is an electronic device that receives a signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, or onto the other side of an obstruction, so that the signal can cover longer distances. ==History== Before the invention of electronic amplifiers, mechanically coupled carbon microphones...
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21. Repeater
    A module which receives information from a link and retransmitts it to points further downstream.
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22. repeater
    an equipment, essentially including one or more amplifiers and/or regenerators and associated devices, inserted at a point in a transmission medium NOTE - A repeater may operate in one or both directions of transmission.
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23. repeater
    in a local area network, a device that regenerates signals in order to extend the range of transmission between data stations or to interconnect two branches
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24. repeater
    a contact, lamp or equipment used for remote indication of the position of equipment
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25. repeater
    a device giving a remote indication of the state or the position of a pair of points, a signal, etc.
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