networking, hardware (TA) Equipment used to adapt

Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic RateInterface (BRI) channels to existing terminal equipment

standards such as EIA-232 and V.35. A Terminal Adaptor is

typically packaged like a modem, either as a stand-alone

unit or as an interface card that plugs into a computer or

other communications equipment (such as a router or PBX).

A Terminal Adaptor does not interoperate with a modem; it

replaces it.