carrier detect (CD)
Equipment or a circuit that detects the presence of a carrier signal on a digital or analog network.
carrier sense
With Ethernet, a method of detecting the presence of signal activity on a common channel.
Posted by: Kang Oedin | April 3, 2008
Networking Dictionary Part 19
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