I think the correct acronym expansion of DTE is "Data Carrier
Equipment". Remember, this whole area was designed by telephone
companies who thought they would be a part of every connection.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 7/9/18 at 10:20 AM, [email protected] (Fred Jensen) wrote:
The flaw is naming them "transmit" and "receive." "DTE2DCE"
and vice versa might have been a better choice so many years
ago. "Data Terminal" and "Data Communications" were probably
equally poor naming choices, but it seemed so obvious then.
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