English Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN GROUP?
group
adj : for or by a group rather than individuals; "dipping each his
bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche; "a
communal settlement in which all earnings and food were
shared"; "a group effort" [syn: {communal}, {group(a)}]
n 1: any number of entities (members) considered as a unit [syn:
{grouping}]
2: two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and
forming part of a molecule [syn: {radical}]
3: a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element
and every element has an inverse [syn: {mathematical group}]
v 1: arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes
together?"
2: form a group or group together [syn: {aggroup}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ GROUP 4
Group 4
(G4) The {CCITT} fax {protocol} which
uses data {compression} and allows a variety of file types
(e-mail, pictures, {PostScript}, etc.) to be transmitted over
digital ({ISDN}) telephone lines.
The Group 4 protocol was published by {CCITT} in 1993. Full
details of the protocol are available from {ITU-T}.
See also {Group 3}.
(1998-09-10)