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Telecommunications vs Communications - What's the difference?

telecommunications | communications |

As nouns the difference between telecommunications and communications

is that telecommunications is telecommunications while communications is .

telecommunications

English

Noun

(wikipedia telecommunications) (-)
  • the science and technology of communication at a distance, especially the electronic transmission of signals; telecommunication
  • the systems used in transmitting such signals
  • English plurals

    • Synonyms

    * telecom, telecoms

    Derived terms

    * telecommunications tower

    See also

    * transmitter, receiver * radio, telegraphy, telephony * cell phone, mobile phone, mobile telephone

    References

    communications

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (pluralonly) Telecommunications, the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means.
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    • , author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins , title=We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , volume=188, issue=2, page=23 , date=2012-12-21 , magazine= citation , passage=David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.}}

    Derived terms

    * communications satellite ----