short-range system

基本解释

Manufacturers are looking to boost a short-range communication system called near-field communications (NFC) in phones.
手機生産商希望在手機中推廣名爲近場通訊（NFC）的短距離通訊系統。
TACAN is a short-range radio navigation system, designed to provide the bearing and distance information for the flying objects.
塔康是近程無線電導航系統，主要爲空中飛行目標提供方位和斜距導航信息。
However, the influences brought about by polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) to the long-range digital communication system and short-range analog system therefore can not be neglected.
但是，偏振模色散卻可能對長距離、高比特律數字通信系統和短距離模擬系統的特性和性能有不可忽眡的影響。

The Obama administration's plan will replace Bush's anti-missile plan with a re-designed sea- and ground-based system, which destroys short and mid-range missiles instead of intercontinental missiles.

And Israel is developing its own anti-missile system to guard against the short- and medium-range rockets that Hizbullah showered on the north of the country.
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