In telephony, the transmission of address information to a switching office by means of pulses, i e , signals, that originate from the subscriber, i e , user, equipment Note: Examples of pulsing methods are dual-tone multifrequency (DTMF) signaling, in which a unique pair of audio frequencies represents each of the respective numerals or other characters on a keypad, and rotary dialing, in which dc pulses are generated by a rotary dial Synonyms key pulsing (when using a keypad), dial pulsing (when using a rotary dial)
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star"