transceiver
noun
trans·ceiv·er
tran(t)-ˈsē-vər 
: a radio transmitter-receiver that uses many of the same components for both transmission and reception
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The woman located her husband’s body using a transceiver and avalanche probe, digging his remains out of the debris with the help of other backcountry skiers and members of Ouray Mountain Rescue Team.
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Max Levy, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
Based on the quantum token protocol, the bank’s QKD photon transceiver sent a sequence of random quantum photons to the customer’s transceiver, where they were used to create a quantum token.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2024
The man who had avoided the avalanche used a transceiver to located the general area where his sibling was buried.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
Each unit comprised a photon transceiver and a digital processing unit, and the devices were hooked together via 10 km of dedicated optical fiber.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2024
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Max Levy, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
Based on the quantum token protocol, the bank’s QKD photon transceiver sent a sequence of random quantum photons to the customer’s transceiver, where they were used to create a quantum token.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2024
The man who had avoided the avalanche used a transceiver to located the general area where his sibling was buried.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
Each unit comprised a photon transceiver and a digital processing unit, and the devices were hooked together via 10 km of dedicated optical fiber.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Transceiver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transceiver. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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