Polling
In telecommunication, the term polling has the following meanings:
- Network control in which the control station invites tributary stations to transmit in the sequence specified by the control station.
- In point-to-point or multipoint communication, the process whereby stations are invited one at a time to transmit.
- Sequential interrogation of devices for various purposes, such as avoiding contention, determining operational status, or determining readiness to send or receive data.
- In automated HF radio systems, a technique for measuring and reporting channel quality.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
Also, polling can be done to survey the public opinion on a (usually political) certain issue.
See Also: poll
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