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transmitter definition - telecom
Also known as a sender or source, a transmitter is a device that originates, or generates, an information transfer to one or more receivers. Transmitters include telephones, facsimile machines, data terminals, host computers, and video cameras. See also receiver and transceiver.

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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