Definition of half-duplex in US English:
half-duplex
adjectiveˌhafˈd(y)o͞opleksˌhæfˈd(j)uplɛks
(of a communications system or computer circuit) allowing the transmission of signals in both directions but not simultaneously.
Example sentencesExamples
- With the latest integrated power amplifier allowing an output power of 5dBm, it meets the need for a cost-effective and physically small half-duplex data transceiver.
- Two-way radio is the classic half-duplex medium of communication.
- This is because 802.11 allows only for half-duplex communication.
- The Land Mobile Radio system provides intermixed digital voice and data transmission over multiple 9,600 baud, half-duplex channels.
- AGP is only a half-duplex interface, so data can be going from system memory to graphics memory or vice versa, but not both at the same time.