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Glossary
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Glossary
Coating
protect it from the environment and handling.
The twisted pair version of 100 Mbps Ethernet. Coax
Short for coaxial. Single-conductor cables with braided
shields. Used in the 80's for data transmission. Now
generally replaced with UTP for data. Still used for video.
coaxial cable.
Conduit
Pipe or tubing through which cables can be pulled of
housed.
cable.
Connector
together to provide a means for attaching to and
SFF
110 Connector
modular jacks, patch panels and cross connects.
Consolidation
point
be split into two parts. Used for zone cabling.
66 Block Core
is transmitted.
Coupling
Data rate
The speed, measured in bits per second, that a particular
network (or other application) transmits data.
Strength elements that provide tensile strength and provide
dB
powers, voltages or currents.
Delay skew
The difference in propagation delay between the slowest
and fastest pairs in a cable or system.
The amount of signal lost as it travels through the cabling
Dispersion
causes a broadening of input pulses along the length
2.chromatic dispersion. 3.waveguide dispersion.
Backboard
Refers to a plywood panel mounted on the wall of a
telecom closet. Used to mount the cross connect.
which accounts for the attenuation of the cabling system.
Backbone
cabling
in a campus.
EMI Electromagnetic Interference.
Bandwidth
Measure of the information-carrying capacity of a copper
Enhanced
to 100 MHz.
Balun
to twisted pair cabling.
ESCON Enterprise Systems Connection.
Bend Radius
The minimum recommended bending radius during
installation of after installation where cable damage will
not occur. Cable bend radius during installation infers that
the cable is experiencing a tensile load. Free bend infers
a smaller allowable bend radius since it is at a condition of
minimal load.
Ethernet
is a set of rules enabling data communications. Based
originally on a bus topology.
BER Bit Error Rate. F connector
BNC Ferrule
protect and align a fiber in a connector. Generally
Buffering
Far End Crosstalk. Unwanted noise coupled onto a
receive pair from a transmit pair at the far end of the
system.
voice and data applications up to 10 Mbps.
Fiber Optics
communication or signaling.
Gbps
bits.
to 100 MHz.
Gigabit
Ethernet
The newest (1999) and fastest version of Ethernet. Data
rate is 1000 Mbps or 1 Gigabit per second.
connectors and systems. Specified up to 250 MHz.
Suitable for voice and data applications up to 1000 Mbps.
Gigahertz
second, GHz.
Channel
The entire horizontal cabling system. Everything between
excluding the equipment connections.
Horizontal
cabling
That portion of the telecommunications cabling that
provides connectivity between the horizontal cross-
connect and workarea telecommunications outlet.
Cladding
The material surrounding the core of an optical waveguide.
The cladding must have a lower index of refraction to keep
the light in core.
Hub
Network device, usually in the telecom closet, that
stations connect to.
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