out-of-band

== English == === Adjective === out-of-band (telecommunications) Relating to activity outside of a defined telecommunications frequency band. (telecommunications, by extension) Relating to communication on a different channel, or by a different method, from that of the primary communication channel. (computer security) Relating to communication, such as identity verification, via a method other than the primary means of accessing the software. (programming) Referring to a value returned by a function that is not in its natural range of return values, but rather signals an exception. ==== Antonyms ==== inband ==== Derived terms ==== out-of-band signaling ==== Translations ====