comms
Signals between stations
Comms is informal shorthand for communications, used especially in professional and military contexts.
It refers to communication systems, equipment, or departments: The comms team handles media inquiries, We lost comms with the helicopter.
In gaming and online collaboration, comms means voice chat: Get on comms, Keep comms clear during the raid.
Electromagnetic wave receiver
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- telecastTransmitted television program
- intercomShort-range voice transmitter
megaphone · transmitter · antenna · satellite · frequency · channel · signal · airwaves
Electromagnetic wave receiver
- signalerOne who transmits messages
- BowmanOne who shoots arrows
- EnigmaGerman encryption apparatus
- codebreakingSolving secret communications
intercept · cipher · signals · dispatch · headquarters · tactical · secure · encrypted
Strategic communication management
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- outreachProactive community assistance
- stakeholderParty with an interest
- internalSituated within
external · strategy · branding · spokesperson · press release · media relations · crisis management · engagement
Packet-forwarding network device
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
- ethernetWired networking standard
- LANLocalized computer linkage
- WANGeographically dispersed data infrastructure
firewall · VPN · TCP/IP · bandwidth · latency · protocol · subnet · gateway
Send with speed
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- briefingConcise information session
- advisoryNotice recommending action
- announcementPublic declaration of information
memo · notification · alert · update · correspondence · transmission · relay · text
radio
Electromagnetic wave receiver
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- telecastTransmitted television program
intercom · megaphone · transmitter · antenna · satellite · frequency · channel · signal · airwaves · live
radio
Electromagnetic wave receiver
codebreaking · intercept · cipher · signals · dispatch · headquarters · tactical · secure · encrypted · briefing
PR
Strategic communication management
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- outreachProactive community assistance
- stakeholderParty with an interest
internal · external · strategy · branding · spokesperson · press release · media relations · crisis management · engagement · messaging
router
Packet-forwarding network device
WAN · firewall · VPN · TCP/IP · bandwidth · latency · protocol · subnet · gateway · cabling
dispatch
Send with speed
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- briefingConcise information session
- advisoryNotice recommending action
announcement · memo · notification · alert · update · correspondence · transmission · relay · text · email
- military slangFUBAR, hoorah, devil dog, SNAFU, GI
- war roomcommand post, headquarters, operations center, ops center, crisis center
- Among Usimpostor, crewmate, sus, vent, emergency meeting
- force multipliersair support, fire support, combined arms, technology, drones
- military avionicsavionics, radar systems, electronic warfare, navigation systems, flight controls
- military branchesArmy, army, navy, Air Force, air force
commssilence
Total lack of sound
radio silence · blackout · no contact · communication blackout · incommunicado
commsdisconnection
State of being severed
dead air · offline · out of range · dead zone · cut off
- communication channelsPaths for conveying messages
- visual communicationSharing ideas through sight
- business communicationProfessional information exchange
- communication breakdownFailure to convey meaning
- communion wine
- communication skillsCapacity to exchange ideas
communicate, communication, communications, communion, communicative, communicated, communicating, communicator, uncommunicative