communication equipment
Signal-sending machinery
Communication equipment encompasses devices used to transmit or receive information across distances—radios, telephones, satellites, modems, antennas, and network hardware.
The term appears most often in military, industrial, or technical contexts: The ship's communication equipment failed during the storm.
In everyday speech, people more often name specific devices rather than use this umbrella term.
- codecData compression algorithm
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- signal boosterAmplifies wireless transmission strength
- radio frequencyBroadcast spectrum wavelengths
router · switch · handset · walkie-talkie · antenna · smartphone · satellite phone · amplifier · satellite dish · television set · modem · ethernet cable · intercom · pager · hub · radio tower · cell tower · telegraph
- equipmentfirefighting gear, camping gear, climbing gear, outdoor gear, fishing gear
- expedition campsbase camp, high camp, bivouac, tents, tent
- bunkersbunkers, bomb shelter, fallout shelter, fallout shelters, underground bunker
- aircraft electricsavionics, generators, alternators, batteries, inverters
communication equipmentsurveillance equipment
Devices for covert monitoring
signal jammers · Faraday cage · firewalls · weapons · Faraday cages
communication equipmentwiretaps
Covert phone monitoring
listening posts · sensors · recording devices · detectors · scanners
communication equipmentsoundproofing
Preventing noise transmission
communication blackout · dead zones · solitary confinement · off-grid living · radio silence
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