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German term or phrase:
Station
English translation:
link station
German term
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Station
The telecommunications-related decison in the appeal proceedings revolves around "Teilnehmeranschlussleitung", "local loop".
=> Station does not sound as good, never mind whether it is correct or not. So what could I put? See "unit" which I sometimes use to avoid the word "station" does not convince me all that much as it does not match the technical picture created in the German-speaking reader's mind by the sentence below. Stops ... please can you help me out? That would be great.
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Das Computer Fachlexikon (Anlage L8) definiere „loop configuration“ als eine „Kommunikationsverbindung, bei der mehrere ***Stationen*** über eine Leitung in Form einer geschlossenen Schleife verbunden sind“, das Elsevier’s Telecommunication Dictionary (1960) als „1. Schleife[,] 2. Windung“ und das Wörterbuch der exakten Naturwissenschaften und der Technik verweise unter „loop“ (EDV) auf „program loop“ [deutsch: „Programmschleife“] (Anlage L9).
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philgoddard
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Kartik Isaac
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Cillie Swart
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(link) station
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/l/loopconf.htm
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Chris Pr
: A solid ref goes a long way... Also, I'd keep the full 'link station' for extra emphasis...
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node
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=ZCYBCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA545&lp...
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station units
So: Communication link hub, where several station units are connected via a cable, and in the form of a closed loop.
Discussion
"A communications link in which multiple stations are joined to a communications line that runs in a closed loop."
https://flylib.com/books/en/2.892.1.17/1/
Cf your added note.
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