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ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds; suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data
Example:
ATM is used for both LAN and WAN
Synonyms:
asynchronous transfer mode; ATM
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("asynchronous transfer mode" is a kind of...):
data communication; digital communication (electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers))