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1. Priority, unless specifically qualified, is the right to occupy a specific frequency for authorized uses, free of harmful interference from stations of other agencies. [NTIA] 2. Synonym priority level. 3. In DOD record communications systems, one of the four levels of precedence used to establish the time frame for handling a given message. 4. In DOD voice communications systems, one of the levels of precedence assigned to a subscriber telephone for the purpose of preemption of telephone services.

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