DCE

D2C3E1

A form of Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment — A device interconnecting data terminal equipment (DTE) and a data transmission circuit.

Less commonScrabble 6

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nounDCE (plural DCEs)

plural DCEs

  1. abbreviationinitialismcomputer hardwareInitialism of data circuit-terminating equipment.
  2. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of dead-code elimination.
  3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of dichloroethene.

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