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  • thermoelectric cooling

    Thermoelectric cooling is a way to remove thermal energy from a medium, device or component by applying a voltage of constant polarity to a junction between dissimilar electrical conductors or semiconductors...(continued)  Definition

  • IDSL

    IDSL is a system in which digital data is transmitted at 128 Kbps on a regular copper telephone line (twisted pair) from a user to a destination using digital (rather than analog or voice) transmission, bypassing the telephone company's central offic...  Definition

  • Optical Carrier levels (OCx)

    The Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) includes a set of signal rate multiples for transmitting digital signals on optical fiber.  Definition

  • flow routing

    Flow routing is a network routing technology that takes variations in the flow of data into account to increase routing efficiency... (Continued)  Definition

  • inverse multiplexing over ATM (IMA)

    Inverse multiplexing over ATM (IMA) is a method of optimizing the data transfer rate for individual subscribers in networks that use asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) by dividing the data into multiple concurrent streams that are sent across separate ...  Definition

  • fiber jumper

    A fiber jumper, sometimes called a fiber patch cord is a length of fiber cabling fitted with LC, SC, MTRJ or ST connectors at each end... (Continued)  Definition

  • patch cord

    A patch cord is a length of cable, with connectors on the ends, that is used to connect an end device to something else, such as a power source.  Definition

  • automatic repeat request (ARQ)

    Automatic repeat request (ARQ) is a protocol for error control in data transmission.  Definition

  • delay-tolerant network

    A delay-tolerant network is a network designed to operate effectively over extreme distances such as those encountered in space communications or on an interplanetary scale... (Continued)  Definition

  • logical router

    A logical router is a configured partition of a traditional network hardware, or "physical," router.  Definition

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