In a remote communication system, the action taken by a control station whereby messages addressed to an inoperative station are accepted and stored at the control station until they can be sent to the destination station. The control station may be a computer in a message switching system.
in.op.er.a.tive adj.(形容词)Not working or functioning.无效的,无用的:不能工作的或起作用的No longer in force, countermanded:不再生效的,取消的:例句:declared the previous instructions inoperative.宣布以前的指示不再生效 【引伸】 inop.erativeness n.(名词)