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fiber jumper
10 Jul 2007
WORD - 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. The LC, a smaller form factor connector, is most commonly used. Fiber jumpers also ...
patch cord
09 Jul 2007
WORD - A patch cord (sometimes called a patch cable) 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. One of the most common uses is connecting a ...
acoustic coupler
21 Mar 2001
WORD - An acoustic coupler is a hardware device that enables a modem (a device that converts signals from analog to digital and from digital back to analog) to connect to a voice circuit. A handset adapter is used to receive modem ...
chiral fiber
05 Sep 2004
WORD - Chiral fiber is a specialized optical fiber medium with its core twisted into a helical shape. There are approximately 6,000 complete twists per linear centimeter of core, which has a rectangular cross section rather than the ...
WAN interface card
21 Jul 2004
WORD - A WAN interface card, or WIC, is a specialized network interface card (NIC) that allows devices to connect to a wide area network. (A NIC provides the interface between a device and a local area network.) A WIC has a ...
Broadband over Power Line
01 Mar 2004
WORD - Broadband over Power Line (BPL) is a technology that allows Internet data to be transmitted over utility power lines. (BPL is also sometimes called Power-line Communications or PLC.) In order to make use of BPL, subscribers ...
CDDI
25 Oct 2002
WORD - For a local area network (LAN), CDDI (Copper Distributed Data Interface) is a standard for data transmission based on FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) that uses shielded twisted-pair (STP) or unshielded twisted pair ...
grey route
03 Jul 2002
WORD - A grey route is one of three categories of Internet routes defined by the Policy Analysis of Internet Routing (PAIR) project, an initiative dedicated to the development of tools that ISPs (Internet service providers), ...
keystone jack
28 Apr 2002
WORD - A keystone jack is a female connector used in data communications, particularly local area networks (LANs). The jack is usually mounted in a wall plate or patch panel. A keystone plug is the matching male connector, usually ...
wrap plug
13 Apr 2002
WORD - A wrap plug, also known as a loopback plug, is a special plug that can be inserted into a port on a communications device to perform a diagnostic test called a loopback test. There are numerous possible configurations, ...
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