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  • Bellcore (Bell Communications Research)

    Bellcore (Bell Communications Research) provides certain centralized research and standards coordination for the regional Bell operating companies (RBOC)s.  Definition

  • American Wire Gauge (AWG)

    American Wire Gauge (AWG) is a U.S. standard set of non-ferrous wire conductor sizes.  Definition

  • full-duplex

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

  • fiberless optics

    Fiberless optics, a term that has been trademarked by Terabeam Networks, is a technology for transmitting large amounts of data on light waves sent through space rather than along an optical fiber cable, thus offering a surprising new solution to the...  Definition

  • 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.  Definition

  • clone

    A clone is an identical copy of something and is a term that first became familiar to the public from the biosciences.  Definition

  • Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)

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

  • petabit

    A petabit is one quadrillion (1015) binary digits and is used in discussing possible volumes of data traffic per second in a large telecommunications network.  Definition

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