Transparency (telecommunication)
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In telecommunication, the term transparency has the following meanings:
- The property of an entity that allows another entity to pass thorough it without altering either of the entities.
- The property that allows a transmission system or channel to accept, at its input, unmodified user information, and deliver corresponding user information at its output, unchanged in form or information content. Note: The user information may be changed internally within the transmission system, but it is restored to its original form prior to the output without the involvement of the user.
- The quality of a data communications system or device that uses a bit-oriented link protocol that does not depend on the bit sequence structure used by the data source.
- An image fixed on a clear base by means of a photographic printing, chemical, or other process, especially adaptable for viewing by transmitted light.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188 and from the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms