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  Terminal Adaptor
       
           (TA) Equipment used to adapt
          Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate
          Interface (BRI) channels to existing terminal equipment
          standards such as EIA-232 and V.35.  A Terminal Adaptor is
          typically packaged like a modem, either as a stand-alone
          unit or as an interface card that plugs into a computer or
          other communications equipment (such as a router or PBX).
          A Terminal Adaptor does not interoperate with a modem; it
          replaces it.
       
          [ISDN FAQ].
       
          (1994-10-03)