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From: jeffb@world.std.com (Jeffrey T Berntsen)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: comp.dcom.modems lexicon
Message-ID: <1991Mar8.200030.27855@world.std.com>
Date: 8 Mar 91 20:00:30 GMT
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tnixon@hayes.uucp writes:

>Since the definition of "duplex", all by itself, 
>is "a dwelling with two separate living areas" -- no wait, wrong 
>definition -- "able to transmit two messages simultaneously in 
>opposite directions on a single wire" (American Heritage Dictionary, 
>1982), further qualification with the word "full" is considered to 
>be unnecessary.

>If I live in a single-family house, does that mean I live in a "half 
>duplex"?

He's happy V.32bis passed; I can tell. ;-)

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