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2G

2G adjective: referring to standards before 2.5G. Includes GSM, DMA, TDMA, iDEN, and PDC.

Adjective

2G

  1. (retronym) Referring to standards before 2.5G. Includes GSM, DMA, TDMA, iDEN, and PDC.
    • The entire rail network has long operated its own masts, used for communicating with drivers. But they are largely GSM. That's 2G to us -yesterday's tech.2025 October 1, Paul Clifton, “Reaching out for superfast WiFi”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 50

Phrases with 2G

Questions about 2G

What does 2G mean?
2G means referring to standards before 2.5G. Includes GSM, DMA, TDMA, iDEN, and PDC.
What part of speech is 2G?
2G is an adjective.

Words near 2G in the dictionary

  1. 2DR
  2. 2e
  3. 2FA
  4. 2faced
  5. 2fold
  6. 2G
  7. 2gether
  8. 2GL
  9. 2GLs
  10. 2H
  11. 2Hs

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