noun
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
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ATM is used for both LAN and WAN
• Syn: ↑ATM
• Hypernyms: ↑digital communication, ↑data communication
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nounUsage: often capitalized A&T&M
: a digital network communications system that allows high-speed broadband transmissions
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Asynchronous Transfer Mode or asynchronous transfer mode,
a method of reorganizing multimedia information for high-speed transmission within a computer network: »
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology…digitizes…voice, video, and data…[and] segments this information into 53-byte cells that can be sent in a synchronous order at high speed over one line
(Scientific American).Useful english dictionary. 2012.