What is another way of thinking of the DTE?

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What is another way of thinking of the DTE?

Data Terminal Equipment is the endpoint that generates and uses the data on a link. The most familiar example is a computer, the device a user interacts with to create, send, and receive information. In the classic DTE/DCE relationship, the DCE provides the actual connection to the transmission medium and clocks the data onto the line. That’s why a modem is a typical DCE device. So, when you think of the DTE, picture the computer as the device at the end of the communication that handles the data—the computer is the natural example of a DTE.

Data Terminal Equipment is the endpoint that generates and uses the data on a link. The most familiar example is a computer, the device a user interacts with to create, send, and receive information. In the classic DTE/DCE relationship, the DCE provides the actual connection to the transmission medium and clocks the data onto the line. That’s why a modem is a typical DCE device. So, when you think of the DTE, picture the computer as the device at the end of the communication that handles the data—the computer is the natural example of a DTE.

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