Thanks for T1 definitions!

[Karen G. Schneider]

I received several answers rapidly; the two that sounded like quality info
came from respected sources--a free online dictionary from O'Reilly,
courtesy of Bob Sullivan:

http://www.ora.com/reference/dictionary 

Which he links to from his library's website, and a book, which Tom Dowling
cited.  The definitions aren't the same, but they are both plausible.  ;-)
 I'm going with this one, because it's succinct (and rings a bell, for
those of us who remember sTranGe cAsiNg of computer nomenclature as a fad):

>From the ISDN Literacy Book, p.55

"Starting in the early 1960's, T1 carrier systems were installed between
central offices of local telephone networks, particularly in short-haul
systems (that is, systems spanning a distance of less than about 50 miles).
These carrier systems were the first digital systems to be deployed, hence
the name (digi<i>T</i>al <i>1</i>st carrier system)."

The ISDN Literacy Book, by Gerald Hopkins.  Addison-Wesley, 1995.
0-201-62979-8

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