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    2B1Q

    Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:33 pm
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    Short for 2 Binary 1 Quaternary, a full duplex physical layer encoding method used in ISDN and other digital communication technologies. In 2B1Q, two binary bits are encoded into one quaternary signal, doubling the effectiveness of transmission.

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