out-of-band

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Taking place outside of a defined telecommunications frequency band.
  2. Transmitted on a different channel, or by a different method, from that of the primary communication channel.
  3. Relating to communication, such as identity verification, via a method other than the primary means of accessing the software.
  4. Of a value returned by a function: not in its natural range of return values, but rather signaling an exception.

Word forms

out-of-band

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