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data communications equipment
Data communications equipment (EIA expansion) or data circuit-terminating
equipment (ITU-T expansion). The devices and connections of a communications
network that comprise the network end of the user-to-network interface. The DCE
provides a physical connection to the network, forwards traffic, and provides a
clocking signal used to synchronize data transmission between DCE and DTE
devices. Modems and interface cards are examples of DCE. Compare with
DTE.
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