ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds; suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data

Example:

ATM is used for both LAN and WAN

Synonyms:

asynchronous transfer mode; ATM

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("asynchronous transfer mode" is a kind of...):

data communication; digital communication (electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers))

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