Crosstalk

In telecommunication, the term crosstalk (XT) has the following meanings:

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1. Undesired capacitive, inductive, or conductive coupling from one circuit, part of a circuit, or channel, to another.

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2. Any phenomenon by which a signal transmitted on one circuit or channel of a transmission system creates an undesired effect in another circuit or channel.

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Note: In telephony, crosstalk is usually distinguishable as speech or signaling tones.

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Source: From Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188

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See also: Audio system measurements

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Conductive coupling: Conductive coupling: Energy transfer achieved by means of physical contact, i.e., coupling other than inductive or capacitive coupling....

Circuit: There are many kinds of circuit...

Channel: In general, channel refers to the path between two endpoints. It can be used to mean specific types of channels, including:...