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(1) Refers to a myriad of products that combine two or more different technologies. The term more often than not refers to hardware, rather than software. See hybrid circuit, hybrid computer,...
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Definition: hybrid
(1) Refers to a myriad of products that combine two or more different technologies. The term more often than not refers to hardware, rather than software. See hybrid circuit, hybrid computer, hybrid file, hybrid drive and hybrid microcircuit.
(2) Also known as a termination or term set, it is a device that adapts a two-wire telephone line from a home or business into a four-wire trunk at the telco central office. A hybrid also exists within the telephone set, converting the two wire line into the four wires required by the handset (two for the speaker; two for the microphone). See echo cancellation.
(3) See Hybrid SACD.
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