COMM LINE

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Definitions

1. (communication Line) a comm. line is the line on which particles flow, it is horizontal. A command line is a line on which authority flows. It is vertical.. (HCO PL 1 Apr 72)

2. these are the usual lines used aboard for bandling dispatch and voice originations and replies, including commands and compliance, information, requests, .etc. The comm basket system, messenger relay, intercom system, teleplv.Mtes, loud hailer,, flags, radio, signals, sound powered phones, are all lines of communication. WSO 137)

3. (comline) a communications line. This does not refer to physical equipment but to the passage of ideas between two points. A flow of ideas, in two directions, on paper, establishes a comline. A 'verbal exchange of ideas can be considered a comline only when the discussion is summarized on paper and then sent over the line as a confirmation. (HYLTAE, p. 118)

4. see COMMUNICATION LINE.