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  • Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)

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

  • terminal adapter (TA)

    A terminal adapter (TA) is a hardware interface between a computer and an Integrated Services Digital Network line.  Definition

  • Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN)

    The Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) is a telephone network architecture that separates service logic from switching equipment, allowing new services to be added without having to redesign switches to support new services.  Definition

  • x2

    x2 is a technology from US Robotics (now 3Com) for the downstream transmission of data over ordinary phone lines at 56 Kbps (thousands of bits per second).  Definition

  • 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.  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

  • 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

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