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jabber definition - telecom
Meaningless data introduced into a local area network (LAN), usually as the result of a malfunctioning transceiver, transceiver cable, or network interface card (NIC). See also LAN, NIC, and transceiver.
Jabber definition - telecom
An XML-based instant messaging (IM) system written as an open source application by Jeremie Miller in 1998. See also IM, open source, and XML.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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