[ale] A little gripe

[Robert Heaven]

In Telco terminology:

DTE - Data Terminal Equipment
DCE - Data Circuit-terminating Equipment

----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Coleman <oloryn at benshome.net>
To: ale at ale.org
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] A little gripe


> On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:03:54 -0400, J.D. Forinash wrote:
>
> >...and then there's the fact that DCE and DTE are backward-- computers
are
> >no longer "data computing equipment", they're "data terminal
equipment"...
> >(Hysterical reasons.)
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think DCE never was "Data Computing
> Equipment" - it was "Data Communications Equipment".
>
> Ben
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