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T1   -   The common name for a digital signal circuit with 1.44 Megabits/second in full duplex bandwidth. A T1 is made up of twenty-four 8-bit channels.

T3   -   The common name for a digital signal circuit with 44.736 Megabits/second in full duplex bandwidth. A T3 is made up of up to twenty-eight T1 signals.

Taxonomy   -   The practice and science of classification. Also used as a noun to describe a taxonomic scheme (e.g., "A Functional Taxonomy of Rule-based Decision Support Content" by Wright, Goldberg, et. al.).   See Concept, Ontology, Semantics, Terminology

TCP   -   Transmission Control Protocol, defined in 1981 by RFC 793.   See RFC

TCP/IP   -   Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.   See Internet Protocol, TCP

Telco   -   Old abbreviation for TELecommunication COmpany.

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Telehealth   -   The delivery of health care services and information via telecommunication technologies. Telehealth can be as simple as a professional consult by telephone, or as complex as remote control of surgery robots. Telehealth solutions enable the delivery of clinical care at a distance into locations where patient access to care is compromised by transportation challenges (e.g., islands, rural communities, etc.).   See Remote Presence

Telemedicine   -   See Telehealth

Terminology   -   The study of terms and their use, where "terms" are words or word compounds.   See Concept, Ontology, Semantics, Taxonomy

TJC   See Joint Commission

TLS   -   Transport Layer Security, the successor crytographic protocol to SSL, providing endpoint authentication and communications confidentiality with standard security certificates at 1024 or 2048 bit strengths, per RFC 5246.   See IETF, RFC, SASL, SSL

Touchscreen   -   An electronic visual display that can detect the presence of a touch within the display area.   See GUI

Trial Implementation   -   The second stage in the development of the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) was the Trial Implementation project. The set of information exchanges and Federal agencies in this project worked together as the "NHIN Cooperative" to securely exchange data including summary patient records for providers and patients. The project ran from 2007 to 2009.   See NwHIN, ONC, Prototype Architecture

TXT   -   [1]   "txt" is the universal file name extension for flat files structured as a series of lines of text. Taken strictly, "text file" refers to a flat file container, while "plain text" is a type of content.   [2] TXT is a self-referential name for abbreviations and slang commonly used in mobile phone text messaging, which employs creative alphanumeric combinations to shorten words (e.g., compressing "see you later" into c u l8tr).   See OMG, SMS

 

 

 

 

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