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Closed circuit

In telecommunication, the term closed circuit has the following meanings:

1. In radio and television transmission, pertaining to an arrangement in which programs are directly transmitted to specific users and not broadcast to the general public.

2. In telecommunications, a circuit dedicated to specific users.

3. A completed electrical circuit.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188

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