Equipment that performs the functions required to connect Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) to the data circuit; a modem is a common example.
( DCE) Devices designed to manipulate transmitted data, such as modem.
The interfacing equipment sometimes required to couple the data terminal equipment (DTE) into a transmission circuit or channel. Also couples a transmission circuit or channel to the DTE. Also known as Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment.
A communication device that normally communicates with data terminal equipment (DTE). See also DTE.
DCE - A communications device that can establish, maintain, and terminate a connection (for example a telephone or set-top box.)
Standard type of data interface normally used to connect to data terminal equipment (DTE) devices.
The CCITT uses the term DCE to describe communications equipment such as modems, multiplexers etc.
A device, such as a DSU or modem, that provides an interface between a DTE device and a digital or dial network (also called data circuit-terminating equipment).
One of two types of hardware connected by an RS-232-C serial connection, the other being a Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) device. A DCE is an intermediary device that often transforms input from a DTE before sending it to a recipient. A modem, for example, is a DCE that modulates data from a microcomputer (DTE) and sends it along a telephone connection. See also: Data Terminal Equipment (DTE); RS-232-C standard