communications
communications
1. Information transfer, among users or processes, according to agreed conventions. (
188 )
2. The branch of technology concerned with the representation, transfer, interpretation, and processing of
data among persons, places, and machines.
Note: The meaning assigned to the data must be preserved during these operations.
command, control and communications (C3)
command, control, communications, and computer systems (C4S)
Integrated systems of doctrine, procedures, organizational structures, personnel, equipment, facilities, and
communications designed to support a commander's exercise of
command and control , through all phases of the operational continuum.
Synonym C4 systems. [
JP1 ]
command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I)
The facilities,
computer equipment,
communications equipment, display devices, and intelligence systems necessary to support military operations.