squitter
English
Noun
squitter (plural squitters)
- (archaic) Watery stool.
- (communications engineering) A random broadcast of data occurring either intentionally or in response to noise.
- 2011, Lionel K Anderson, Virtual Radar - Using the SBS-1er and Basestation Software, page 119:
- Mlat triangulates a moving aircraft's position from a number of fixed ground stations at known locations receiving and time stamping an aircraft-transponder squitter.
Usage notes
- The term is used most often in the context of aircraft radar transponders sending data to air traffic control facilities via a 1090 MHz transponder transmitter.
Verb
squitter (third-person singular simple present squitters, present participle squittering, simple past and past participle squittered)