comms
noun[plural]
uk/kɒmz/us/kɑːmz/short form ofcommunications: used to refer tomethodsofsendingmessages,especiallylong-distancemethodssuch asradio,telephone, andinternet, and to themessagesthemselves:
We use avarietyof comms, frommobilephonestoISDN, andevenstandardphonelines.
If allyourcomms areencrypted, it'shardertocheckfor someone who ishidingsomething.
All the commschannelswerecut.
- We had to get thesefamiliesout of thedesertwith noradiocomms.
- What'shappeningwithnationalcomms andbroadbandis veryexciting.
- Radio is down at themomentbut theyestimatethey’ll have comms back in about anhour.
- She wasapplyingfor acivilianjobusing theskillsshe'dacquiredinmilitarycomms.
- TheproposedDSLstandardhad thebackingofmajorplayersin the PC and commsindustries.
Communications - general words
- anti-satellite
- app
- autodial
- autodialler
- cable
- caller ID
- cybernetics
- fibre optics
- hack
- noise
- non-computer
- non-network
- optical fibre
- patch
- patchsomeonethrough
- pick
- picksomeone/somethingup
- satellite
- silent
- Zoombombing
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