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tap
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tap

(1) In communications, a connection made on a line. For example, a wire tap is the connecting point where a wire to a recording device is attached to the telephone wire for a particular phone line. See transceiver and bridged tap.

(2) (TAP) (Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol) A paging protocol used to transmit up to a thousand 7-bit characters to an alphanumeric pager. Developed in the early 1980s by the Telocator Paging Association, which later became the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA), TAP was also known as IXO and PET. TAP is widely used in the U.S. and throughout Europe.

(3) To press a button displayed on a touch-sensitive screen or press a key on a keypad.


tap
1. a particular quality of alcoholic drink, esp when contained in casks
2. the surgical withdrawal of fluid from a bodily cavity
3. a tool for cutting female screw threads, consisting of a threaded steel cylinder with longitudinal grooves forming cutting edges
4. Electronics chiefly US and Canadian a connection made at some point between the end terminals of an inductor, resistor, or some other component

1.TAP - Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
2.tap - hit


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In a separate testimony, the nurse's aide and another nurse stated they could not regulate the temperature, even with the cold water tap turned on.
Potable tap water Tap water that has been declared of suitable quality for drinking.
The 10kW induction power supply does not require a lot of power, which would not have been available in our office building any way, and a connection to a single water tap is enough for cooling.
 
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