DTE
Speech parts
1. DTE - Noun
2. DTE - Adjective
Meaning
(computer hardware) Data Terminal Equipment
(electronics, automotive) Distance to Empty
(software) Desktop Engineering
dead tree edition: a paper version
DTE
down-to-earth
Examples
Alternatively, the DTE can provide a clock signal, called transmitter timing (TT), on pin 24 for transmitted data.
Connectors RS-232 devices may be classified as Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) or Data Circuit-terminating Equipment (DCE); this defines at each device which wires will be sending and receiving each signal.
A DSU is a two or more port device; one port is called the WAN ( Wide Area Network ) port and the other is called a DTE port.
At minimum, they can loop data back at either the WAN or DTE ports, or at both.
DLCI values become DTE addresses that are unique in the Frame Relay WAN.
Connecting a fully standard-compliant DCE device and DTE device would use a cable that connects identical pin numbers in each connector (a so-called "straight cable").