asynchronous transfer mode

1. 1.

   a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds; suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data

   “ATM is used for both LAN and WAN”

   SynonymsATM

   Broaderdigital communication

Questions about asynchronous transfer mode

What does asynchronous transfer mode mean?

asynchronous transfer mode means "a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds; suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data".

What is another word for asynchronous transfer mode?

Close synonyms include ATM. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asynchronous transfer mode a common word?

asynchronous transfer mode is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.