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  • SPID (Service Profile Identifier)

    A SPID (Service Profile Identifier) is a number assigned by a phone company to a terminal on an Integrated Services Digital Network B-channel. 

  • private automatic branch exchange (PABX)

    A private automatic branch exchange (PABX) is an automatic telephone switching system within a private enterprise. 

  • last-mile technology

    Last-mile technology is any telecommunications technology that carries signals from the broad telecommunication backbone along the relatively short distance (hence, the "last mile") to and from the home or business. 

  • teleportation

    Teleportation is the duplication or re-creation of physical objects or their properties using light beams, according to researchers at the California Institute of Technology. 

  • ATU-R (ADSL Terminal Unit - Remote)

    An ATU-R (ADSL Terminal Unit - Remote), sometimes called an "ADSL modem," is a hardware unit that is installed in any computer that uses a telephone company connection with Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) service. 

  • optoelectronics

    Optoelectronics is a branch of electronics that overlaps with physics. 

  • full-duplex

    Full-duplex data transmission means that data can be transmitted in both directions on a signal carrier at the same time. 

  • fiber optic

    Fiber optic (or "optical fiber") refers to the medium and the technology associated with the transmission of information as light impulses along a glass or plastic wire or fiber. 

  • Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)

    SONET is the American National Standards Institute standard for synchronous data transmission on optical media. 

  • splitterless

    Splitterless refers to a type of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) telephone service that does not require the installation of a plain old telephone service splitter at the customer location.