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polling Telecom Definition
  1. A procedure by which a machine accesses a network, calls another machine, and downloads documents, files, or other data stored in the remote machine, commonly with security provided on the basis of a programmable poll code.
  2. A procedure by which a central computer controls network channel access by querying other computers or terminal devices to invite them to transmit data. Polling typically is in a predetermined query sequence, and the invitation is for transmission for a limited time, perhaps measured in milliseconds.
polling Quotes

Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion.When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense.

—Gallup, George Horace

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