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Message

In telecommunication, the term message has the following meanings:

Any thought or idea expressed briefly in a plain or secret language, prepared in a form suitable for transmission by any means of communication.

An arbitrary amount of information whose beginning and end are defined or implied.

Record information[?] expressed in plain or encrypted language and prepared in a format specified for intended transmission by a telecommunications system.

(Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)

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