Network Management Strategies for the CIO
Email Alerts
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central office (CO)
In telephone communication in the United States, a central office (CO) is an office in a locality to which subscriber home and business lines are connected on what is called a local loop. Definition
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Phone numbers
Resources for looking up phone numbers. Definition
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SCART connector
A SCART connector is a physical and electrical interconnection between two pieces of audio-visual equipment, such as a television set and a video cassette recorder (VCR). Definition
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LEC (local exchange carrier)
LEC (local exchange carrier) is the term for a public telephone company in the U.S. that provides local service. Definition
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dial-up
Dial-up pertains to a telephone connection in a system of many lines shared by many users. Definition
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signal
In electronics, a signal is an electric current or electromagnetic field used to convey data from one place to another. Definition
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BOC (Bell operating company)
BOC (Bell operating company) is a term for any of the 22 original companies (or their successors) that were created when AT&T was broken up in 1983 and given the right to provide local telephone service in a given geographic area. Definition
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control network
A control network is a network of nodes that collectively monitor, sense, and control or enable control of an environment for a particular purpose. Definition
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STDM (statistical time division multiplexing)
STDM, or statistical time division multiplexing, is one method for transmitting several types of data simultaneously across a single transmission cable or line (such as a T1 or T3 line). Definition
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vBNS (very high-speed Backbone Network Service)
The vBNS (very high-speed Backbone Network Service) is a network that interconnects a number of supercomputer centers in the United States and is reserved for science applications requiring the massive computing that supercomputers can provide. Definition