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At 12:57 PM 12/16/96 +0200, Harvey Kaniel wrote:
>My client's datasheet contains the following statement: >
>The XYZ frame includes the Error Indicator bit which shows >if the
current frame is "errored frame."
>
>I changed it to "error framed." The client claims this phrase >is an
industry standard and should read: "errored frame." >Any suggestions
as to which is correct?
>
>If this is not of interest to the list, I will be happy to receive
>responses off line.
Sorry for the bandwidth, I lost the address of the original poster.
I assume the industry is telecom. In the past I documented T1, T3,
SONET concepts. In this industry, it is an "errored frame", an
"errored second", a "severely errored second", a "consecutive severely
errored second", a "bursty second".
