Definition of T1?

[Isabel Danforth]

I shared Karen's question with someone on IPL MOO (moo.ipl.org 8888) And
was pointed immediately to http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym

The output from a query there was:


T1 
    1.544Mbps [Telephony], one of the basic signalling systems 24x64Kb 
    Terrestrial 1 [data line] 

Does that mean that a line on a space station cannot be a T1?




At 07:23 AM 2/26/98 -0800, Karen G. Schneider wrote:
>Before you hit reply--I know how fast a T1 line is and what it does.  (Same
>for T3.)  I have been through two paper dictionaries and seven online
>acronym dictionaries, and I cannot determine what the "T" in "T1" means.
>(One acronym dictionary suggested the T stands for "Telephony," and I could
>buy that, but it accepted definitions from just anyone and I didn't think
>that qualified as a definitive source.)  
>
>You would think that a resource touting its abilities to decipher acronyms
>would at least apologize if it doesn't identify the entire meaning of a
>term, but you would be thinking like a librarian.  <grump>
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