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    ITU-T term), also known as an optical network unit (ONU, an IEEE term), is used to terminate the optical fiber line, demultiplex the signal into its component...
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    A fiber-optic cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable but containing one or more optical fibers that...
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    Fiber to the x (FTTX; also spelled "fibre") or fiber in the loop is a generic term for any broadband network architecture using optical fiber to provide...
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    Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units. A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen...
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    An optical line termination (OLT), also called an optical line terminal, is a device which serves as the service provider endpoint of a passive optical...
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    fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible glass or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other. Such fibers find wide usage in fiber-optic...
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    optical fiber connector is a device used to link optical fibers, facilitating the efficient transmission of light signals. An optical fiber connector...
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    repeating functional units called sarcomeres. The presence of sarcomeres manifests as a series of bands visible along the muscle fibers, which is responsible...
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  • Hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) is a broadband telecommunications network that combines optical fiber and coaxial cable. It has been commonly employed globally...
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    Nylon (redirect from Nylon fiber)
    They are thermoplastic, which means that they can be melt-processed into fibers, films, and diverse shapes.: 2  The properties of nylons are often modified...
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    Optical time-domain reflectometer (category Fiber-optic communications)
    are operated in controlled environments, accessing the fibers at their termination points on fiber distribution frames. Indoor environments include controlled...
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    Passive optical network (category Fiber-optic communications)
    network units (ONUs) or optical network terminals (ONTs), which are near end users. There may be amplifiers between the OLT and the ONUs. Several fibers from...
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    the same position. The termination of muscle contraction is followed by muscle relaxation, which is a return of the muscle fibers to their low tension-generating...
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  • Return loss (category Fiber optics)
    discontinuity in a transmission line or optical fiber. This discontinuity can be caused by a mismatch between the termination or load connected to the line and the...
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    A cable modem termination system (CMTS, also called a CMTS Edge Router) is a piece of equipment, typically located in a cable company's headend or hubsite...
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  • are: Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) A remote terminal unit is an IED that can be installed in a remote location, and acts as a termination point for field contacts...
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  • Radio frequency over glass (category Fiber-optic communications)
    infrastructure remains in place; the difference is that the fiber termination is moved from a fiber node to the customer's premises. The R-ONU can be located...
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    corpuscle is 30–140 μm in length and 40–60 μm in diameter. A single nerve fiber meanders between the lamellae and throughout the corpuscle.[citation needed]...
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    to remain active. A motor unit is defined as one motor neuron and all of the muscle fibers it innervates. When a motor unit fires, the impulse (called...
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  • typically manage their own network termination equipment, which include a Channel Service Unit and Data Service Unit (CSU/DSU). In Hong Kong, leased lines...
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    other stations. In fiber-optic communications, a transponder is the element that sends and receives the optical signal from a fiber. A transponder is typically...
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    method applied to single fibers to measure advancing and receding contact angles. An optical variation of the single-fiber Wilhelmy method. Instead of...
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  • dB}}} where SNRi, dB and SNRo, dB are in units of (dB). These formulae are only valid when the input termination is at standard noise temperature T0 = 290 K...
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    monomer units reacting with an active center during its lifetime and is related to the molecular weight through the mechanism of the termination. Without...
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    guide". Dietze Group. Retrieved 4 August 2022. "Fiber Optic Splicing and Termination – Connectors". The Fiber Optic Association, Inc. Retrieved 14 April 2012...
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    at least two KTUs per line; one for line termination and one for station (telephone instrument) termination. The telephone instrument commonly used by...
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    Modem (redirect from Automatic calling unit)
    connects to a fiber optic network is known as an optical network terminal (ONT) or optical network unit (ONU). These are commonly used in fiber to the home...
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    (Distribution Point Units) which are installed near the customer often at a distance of up to 100 meters and connected via optical fiber to an internet service...
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  • sensors via the main data bus. A different version of the bus uses optical fiber, which weighs less and has better resistance to electromagnetic interference...
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    56 and 1500 kbit/s. T-carrier lines require special termination equipment such as Data service units that may be separate from or integrated into a router...
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