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| 568 Commercial Building telecommunication cabling |
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| A standard for planning, deploying, and managing the wiring for a large network |
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| the wiring system for a network: entrance facility |
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| where the central backbone of the network connects to an external provider |
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| the wiring system for a network: equipment room |
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| provides the main cross-connection point where horizontal cross-connects for a facility are terminated |
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| the wiring system for a network: telecommunications closet |
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| connects to workstations. It gives the workstations access to the equipment room and potentially, to the entrance facility |
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the wiring system for a network:
work area |
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| consists of workstations. each workstation has a wallbox containing connectors with a faceplate to seat the connectors and protect the wallbox |
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| connects a network device, such as a PC, to a network jack |
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| connects to a patch panel to provide a connection from the network jack to a patch panel |
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| wiring distribution components: horizontal cross-connects |
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| connect workstations to a telecommunications closet, by connecting drop cables to a patch panel |
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| wiring distribution components: vertical cross-connects |
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| connect telecommunications closets and equipment rooms |
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wiring distribution components:
patch panels |
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| enable administrators to change the path of a signal, or switch out cables |
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wiring distribution components:
main distribution frame, MDF |
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| is the point at which internal lines connect to a telephone service provider |
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| intermediate distribution frame, IDF |
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| connects workstation devices to the MDF |
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| is a punch down block that supports between 25 and 500 wires. it supports data and voice transmission at speeds of up to 1 Gbps with CAT6 cable |
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| is a thick cable consisting of 100 pairs of wires |
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| was often used for legacy voice-only telecommunications. it is used as a cross connection device |
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| consists of 25 pairs of wires, or 50 strands in total |
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| is the point at which an external service provider assumes responsibility for a connection |
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| is a network interface unit that performs any protocol translation required between the service provider and an internal network |
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