communications

(plural) Originally transport, the system of routes for moving vehicles, people or supplies, now, the kind of entities or messages actually exchanged in the process of communication (singular) like letters, telegrams, taped messages. Communications are the carriers of information. (Krippendorff )

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.

The capabilities required by commanders to exercise command and control of their forces. [JCS Pub 18, Operations Security , Dec. 1982.]

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 ]

The facilities, computer equipment, communications equipment, display devices, and intelligence systems necessary to support military operations.