terminal equipment

terminal equipment definition - telecom
  1. A device that constitutes a point of termination of a communications circuit or channel.Terminal equipment includes all customer premises equipment (CPE), including voice terminal equipment and data terminal equipment (DTE). See also CPE, DTE, and terminal.
  2. TE. In ISDN,TE includes all customer premises equipment (CPE), including voice terminal equipment and data terminal equipment (DTE). ISDN TE also includes premises-based switching equipment, such as PBXs and routers.There are two types of ISDN TE:TE1 is ISDN-compatible, and TE2 is not. See also CPE, DTE, TE1, and TE2.

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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