V-1
noun, plural V-1’s.
1.
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
noun
1.
a robot bomb invented by the Germans in World War II: used esp to bombard London. It was propelled by a pulsejet Also called doodlebug, buzz bomb, flying bomb
V-1
German Vergeltungswaffe 1 (vengeance weapon 1)
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communications, standard An ITU-T recommendation on electrical characteristics for unbalanced double-current interchange circuits operating at data signalling rates nominally up to 100 kbps. This recommendation is also included but not published in ITU-T X series under alias number X.26. The circuit defined in this standard is used in other serial line standards such as EIA-232 […]
- V-2
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- V.21
protocol, standard An ITU-T modem protocol for 300 bps two-wire full-duplex communications using Frequency Shift Keying modulation. All modern modems support both V.21 and the close variant, Bell 103. (1996-07-22)
- V.22
protocol, standard An ITU-T modem protocol which allowed data rates of 1200 bps. V.22bis doubled this. (2004-07-26)
- V.22bis
protocol, standard V.22 twice. An ITU-T modem protocol which allowed a data rate of 2400 bits per second, twice that of V.22.