A transceiver is a device comprising both a transmitter and a receiver which are combined and share common circuitry or a single housing. When no circuitry is common between transmit and receive functions, the device is a transmitter-receiver. The term originated in the early 1920s. Technically, transceivers must combine a significant amount of th... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transceiver
An electronic beacon which emits and detects a signal. When skiing it is worn on the body and switched to emit a signal. All transceivers can be switched into a detect mode and used to locate an avalanche victim wearing a transceiver in emit mode. Found on http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=1814964
combination in a single unit of a radio transmitter and a radio receiver employing common circuit components and usually the same antenna for both transmitting and receiving NOTE - A transceiver is often used as a portable or mobile station. In French, the terms 'talkie-walkie' and 'walkie-talkie' are strongly deprecated in the sense of portable tr... Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=713-08-02
1. In Ethernet, an electronic device that transforms signals between a node's internal circuitry and the Ethernet signals and also detects collisions. 2. Any device that can simultaneously transmit and receive. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22803