Terminal Adaptor


Terminal Adaptor

(networking, hardware)(TA) Equipment used to adaptIntegrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Interface (BRI) channels to existing terminal equipmentstandards such as EIA-232 and V.35. A Terminal Adaptor istypically packaged like a modem, either as a stand-aloneunit or as an interface card that plugs into a computer orother communications equipment (such as a router or PBX).A Terminal Adaptor does not interoperate with a modem; itreplaces it.

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