V-2
noun, plural V-2’s.
1.
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
noun
1.
a rocket-powered ballistic missile invented by the Germans in World War II: used esp to bombard London. It used ethanol as fuel and liquid oxygen as the oxidizer
V-2
German Vergeltungswaffe 2 (vengeance weapon 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.
- V.23
protocol, standard An ITU-T modem protocol which allowed half-duplex (unidirectional) data transmission at 1200 bits per second with a 75 bps back channel and fall back to 600/75 bps. This was the main standard used for British Telecom’s Prestel service. (2004-07-26)
- V.25
communications, standard A standard allowing an auto-answer modem to determine the correct modulation standard to use. (2001-04-06)