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Data Terminal Equipment
  • Digital end instruments that convert the user information into data signals for transmission, or reconvert the received data signals into user information.
  • The functional unit of a data station that serves as a data source or a data sink and provides for the data communication control function to be performed in accordance with link protocol. Note: The DTE may consist of a single piece of equipment that provides all the required functions necessary to permit the user to intercommunicate, or it may be an interconnected subsystem of multiple pieces of equipment, to perform all the required functions.