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O definition - telecom
  1. Ohm.The ASCII symbol for ohm.The preferred symbol is , but it doesn't print easily with some software programs.
  2. O+ (O positive).The most common blood type. Give blood, please. Assuming that the technician is skilled and the equipment is properly sterilized, it doesn't take long, it doesn't hurt, and it doesn't make you ill, but it may very well save a life.

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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