Definition for DCE and DTE. |
Document: 10117
Category: General Information
Date Posted: 09/07/12 |
Problem
What is DCE and DTE mean?
Solution
DCE is an abbreviation for Data Circuit Terminating Equipment. Carrier equipment, installed at the user’s premises that provides all the functions required to
establish, maintain, and terminate a connection, and which provides the signal conversion and coding between the data terminal equipment and the common carrier’s line.
DTE is an abbreviation for Data Terminal Equipment. The end-user machine, be it terminal, computer, controller, etc., that plugs into a unit that is the termination
point of a communications circuit (DCE).
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