Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
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sink
TP = Terminal Point
Proposed translations
destino (contrário de source)?
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receptor de sinais
In communication, a device that receives information, control, or other signals from a source.
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coletor
Professional in Oil & Gas Industry
Native in: Portuguese
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remover/remçcão
sink: Term used to indicate that OAM information is removed (e.g. at the sink trail termination function) from the incoming signal for further processing
em: http://www.itu.int/sancho/definitionsAE.htm
depósito, sumidouro
sink - depósito, sumidouro
Um dispositivo ou parte de um dispositivo que recebe algo de outro dispositivo. Ver também data sink (depósito de dados); heat sink (dissipador de calor).
Receptor
De acordo com a referência abaixo, a definição é: "a device that receives information, control or other signals from a source".
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Note added at 2002-08-19 14:29:27 (GMT)
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