sink

sink: 1. An absorber of energy. 2. In communications, a device that receives information, control, or other signals from a source. 3. A location at which a specified multiplex structure is terminated through connected equipment removing the frame alignment signal and disassembling the channel time slots. [T1.107-1988]

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