| Definition: | repetitive set of consecutive time-slots constituting a complete cycle of a signal or another process in which the relative position of each time-slot in the cycle can be identified
Note 1 to entry: In English, the term "frame" has different meanings in the fields of time division multiplexing (see IEV 704-14-01), switching (see IEV 714-15-09), television (see IEV 723-05-25), time division multiple access (see IEV 725-14-18), digital processing (see IEV 807-01-03), rotating electric machines (see IEV 811-14-02) and train communication networks (see IEV 811-37-40). In some English-speaking countries, the term “frame” is also used in television to mean a subdivision of a field.
Note 2 to entry: In French, the term "trame" has different meanings in the fields of beam focusing and deflection in electronic tubes (see IEV 531-14-20), time division multiplexing (see IEV 704-14-01), switching (see IEV 714-15-09), television (see IEV 723-05-17), time division multiple access (see IEV 725-14-18), digital processing (see IEV 807-01-03), and train communication networks (see IEV 811-37-40).
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