noun
data circuit-terminating equipment; DCE
A technical term in computing and telecommunications for the device that connects data terminal equipment (DTE) to a communication line.
モデムはデータ回線終端装置の一種です。
A modem is a type of data circuit-terminating equipment.
Data terminal equipment (DTE); the end-user device that connects to the DCE.
A compound of データ (data), 回線 (circuit/line), 終端 (termination), and 装置 (equipment), directly corresponding to the English term 'data circuit-terminating equipment'.