commsn.

Brit.

/kɒmz/, U.S.

/kɑmz/

Forms: 1900s– coms, 1900s– comms, 1900s– comms. (with point).

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: communication n.

Etymology: Shortened < the plural of communication n. (originally as a graphic abbreviation).

1. attributive. Designating equipment, systems, etc., used for communication over long distances, esp. by electronic means; of or relating to telecommunications. Cf. communication n. Compounds 1b.

ΚΠ

1960 Guardian 3 Feb. 13/8 (advt.) Installation/Maintenance H.F./V.H.F. Low/Medium Power Comms. equipment.

1977 N.Y. Times 25 Nov. w20/8 (advt.) Advanced state-of-the-art environment... Design..digital circuits, circuit switching, comms networks, instrumentation.

1988 ICL Techn. Jrnl. 6 75 The symptoms of the problem were an apparent controller ‘hang-up’, with continuous activity on the comms line.

1991 What Personal Computer Dec. 48/1 I'm writing this article in Scotland. Eventually my comms software will whiz it down to a BBS in London as a text file.

1995 E. Arthur Antarctic Navigation 442 Finally, we needed a comms person.

2005 C. Stross Accelerando iv. 156 She wants to be alone in coms silence for a couple of million seconds.

2. Equipment or systems of this type; telecommunications. Cf. communication n. 5c.

ΚΠ

1967 Naval Engineers Jrnl. June 391/2 Shipboard satellite communications have progressed through RDT&E Phases and have proven to be vastly superior to HF comms for long range circuits.

1970 in Attempted Defection by Lithuanian Seaman: Hearings Comm. on Foreign Affairs (U.S. 91st Congr. 2nd Sess.) (1971) App. B. 221 I tried to get you [by] another means but apparently we've lost comms.

1985 M. Parfit South Light (1988) vii. 91 ‘ComSta Kodiak, this is the Polar Sea. Radio check.’ ‘Loud and clear,’ Kodiak said. Earth was still there. The officer hung up the mike. ‘Now that's good coms,’ he said.

1998 T. Clancy Rainbow Six xxxviii. 704 I guess they depend on satellite and radio comms from this antenna farm.

2000 Personal Computer World Mar. 46/3 The other version, for smart phones, supports more sophisticated messaging and PIM applications to run on higher-resolution PDAs with built-in mobile comms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comms
释义	commsn. Brit. /kɒmz/, U.S. /kɑmz/ Forms: 1900s– coms, 1900s– comms, 1900s– comms. (with point). Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: communication n. Etymology: Shortened < the plural of communication n. (originally as a graphic abbreviation). 1. attributive. Designating equipment, systems, etc., used for communication over long distances, esp. by electronic means; of or relating to telecommunications. Cf. communication n. Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1960 Guardian 3 Feb. 13/8 (advt.) Installation/Maintenance H.F./V.H.F. Low/Medium Power Comms. equipment. 1977 N.Y. Times 25 Nov. w20/8 (advt.) Advanced state-of-the-art environment... Design..digital circuits, circuit switching, comms networks, instrumentation. 1988 ICL Techn. Jrnl. 6 75 The symptoms of the problem were an apparent controller ‘hang-up’, with continuous activity on the comms line. 1991 What Personal Computer Dec. 48/1 I'm writing this article in Scotland. Eventually my comms software will whiz it down to a BBS in London as a text file. 1995 E. Arthur Antarctic Navigation 442 Finally, we needed a comms person. 2005 C. Stross Accelerando iv. 156 She wants to be alone in coms silence for a couple of million seconds. 2. Equipment or systems of this type; telecommunications. Cf. communication n. 5c. ΚΠ 1967 Naval Engineers Jrnl. June 391/2 Shipboard satellite communications have progressed through RDT&E Phases and have proven to be vastly superior to HF comms for long range circuits. 1970 in Attempted Defection by Lithuanian Seaman: Hearings Comm. on Foreign Affairs (U.S. 91st Congr. 2nd Sess.) (1971) App. B. 221 I tried to get you [by] another means but apparently we've lost comms. 1985 M. Parfit South Light (1988) vii. 91 ‘ComSta Kodiak, this is the Polar Sea. Radio check.’ ‘Loud and clear,’ Kodiak said. Earth was still there. The officer hung up the mike. ‘Now that's good coms,’ he said. 1998 T. Clancy Rainbow Six xxxviii. 704 I guess they depend on satellite and radio comms from this antenna farm. 2000 Personal Computer World Mar. 46/3 The other version, for smart phones, supports more sophisticated messaging and PIM applications to run on higher-resolution PDAs with built-in mobile comms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1960
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