In
signal processing, the term 'pulse' has the following meanings:
#A rapid, transient change in the amplitude of a
signal from a baseline value to a higher or lower value, followed by a rapid return to the baseline value.
#A rapid change in some characteristic of a signal, ''e.g.,''
phase or
frequency, from a baseline value to a higher or lower value, followed by a rapid return to the baseline value.
#In
telephony,
pulse dialing is a way of dialing a telephone number using interrupted electrical pulses (see
rotary dial).
#In
television,
horizontal synchronization pulse and
vertical synchronization pulse are signals to tell the television set when it should start a new line or a new image.
References
''Original source'': from
Federal Standard 1037C and from
MIL-STD-188
See also
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Pulse forming network