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Glossary
IDC
that slices through the cable insulation to make a
connection. Eliminates the need to strip insulation.
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IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. PC Physical Contact.
Impedance
conductor.
Pigtail
Optical fiber cable that has a connector installed on one
end.
Index of
Refraction
The ratio of light velocity in vacuum to its velocity in a
given transmission medium.
Plenum
Index Matching
Fluid
that reduces Fresnel reflections caused by refractive-
index differences.
Power sum
Jumper
Usually short cables with connectors installed used to
make a cross connection.
Propagation
delay
The amount of time it takes a signal to travel through a
copper cable or system.
Kbps
Propagation
delay skew
The difference in propagation delay between the slowest and
fastest pairs in a copper cable or system.
Punch down
Refers to IDC connectors and the method used to terminate
them.
The part of the horizontal cabling system between the
work area outlet and the telecom closet termination.
Rack
Used to mount patch panels, enclosures and equipment in
the telecom closet. Usually 19" wide by 7' high.
cable
in buffer tubes offering excellent fiber protection and
segregation.
Receiver
electrical signals.
Repeater
allow an increase in the system length.
Mbps Return loss
as a result of impedance variations in the copper or fiber
cabling system.
Mechanical
Splicing
mechanical means to enable a continuous signal.
Riser
Pathways for indoors cables that pass between floors. It
indoor cable.
MHz
frequency or frequency range (bandwidth) through which
RJ11
Mode
RJ45
Modular jack
"telephone jack".
SC connector Subscriber or Square connector.
Modular plug
"telephone plug".
Single mode
MT-RJ Splicing
Multimode
mode. Typical core/cladding size is 50/125 um.
ST connector Straight tip connector.
Near End Crosstalk. The unwanted noise coupled into a
device's receive circuit from its transmit circuit.
STP Shielded Twisted Pair.
NIC Network interface card. STS Synchronous Transport Signal.
Node Transmitter
informationcarrying signal to a corresponding optical signal
Numerical
The number that expresses the light-gathering ability of
Thicknet
OFCP Optical Fiber Conductive Plenum. Thinnet
cable.
OFCR Optical Fiber Conductive Riser. Token ring
OFNP Optical Fiber Nonconductive Plenum.
Twisted pair
cable
Cable made from pairs of wires, which have been twisted
together.
OFNR Optical Fiber Nonconductive Riser.
OTDR UTP Unshielded twisted pair cable.
Outlet Where the horizontal cabling terminates in the work area.
Patch cord
used to make a cross connection.
Wavelength
The distance between two successive points of an
electromagnetic waveform.
Patch panel
common housing.
Wavelength
Wavelength at which the chromatic dispersion of an optical
material dispersion.
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