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time-division multiple access [¦tīm də‚vizh·ən ‚məl·tə·pəl ′ak‚ses]

(communications)

A technique that allows multiple users who are geographically dispersed to gain access to a communications channel, by permitting each user access to the full pass-band of the channel for a limited time, after which the access right is assigned to another user. Abbreviated TDMA.

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