code division multiple access

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Code Division Multiple Access
CDMA
code division multiplexing

   <communications> (CDMA) (Or "spread spectrum") A form of
   {multiplexing} where the transmitter encodes the signal using
   a {pseudorandom} sequence which the receiver also knows and
   can use to decode the received signal.  Each different random
   sequence corresponds to a different communication channel.

   {Motorola} uses CDMA for digital cellular phones.  Qualcomm
   pioneered the introduction of CDMA into wireless telephone
   services.

   (2001-03-28)