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CCITT

CCITT

9.6
An international group that made rules for telephone and telegraph systems, later replaced by ITU-T
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • JPEG usually denotes the grayscale image compression standard proposed and defined by the ISO/CCITT Joint Photographic Experts Group.

Examples

  • In the 1980s, the CCITT established numerous guidelines that are still used today.

  • Some compression techniques are static—for example, the CCITT Group 3 algorithm employed in fax data transmission.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The CCITT was crucial in the early development of global telecommunications standards.

  • Many telecommunications technologies are based on standards set by the CCITT.

Surface Forms

CCITT singular
CCITTs plural

Etymology

CCITT is a short name made from the first letters of a French title that means 'International Consultative Committee for Telephone and Telegraph', a group that made rules for telephones and telegraphs. That's why CCITT refers to the organization that set early international telecom standards and later became ITU-T.