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QA (Quality Assurance)
Level: 1
Definition: Systematic procedures in production or manufacturing to ensure standardization of product quality to meet or exceed preestablished targets or standards.
QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation)
Level: 3
Definition: A sophisticated modulation scheme that uses variations in signal amplitude and phase of a carrier to produce different states of dataencoded symbols. An example of QAM is a modem that operates at high speeds. (See also Modem.)
QoS (Quality of Service)
Level: 3
Definition: Refers to the goal of providing network services (especially bandwidth) in a dependable and predictable way. For example, initiatives to design next-generation Internet technologies are paying close attention to QoS in everything ...
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