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Capacitance the ratio of the electrostatic charge on Composite Cable a cable containing both fiber
a conductor to the potential difference between the
and copper media per NEC article 770; can also be
conductors required to maintain that charge
a fiber cable with both single-mode and multimode
Capacitance Unbalance a measurement of a
fibers
cables impedance based on a curve fit equation
Compression a method to reduce the number of
using the cables raw input impedance; specified by bits required to represent data
ANSI/TIA/EIA 568A but not ISO/IEC11801
Concentrator a device which concentrates many
Cenelec EN50173 European standard for generic lower-speed channels in or out of one or more highercabling systems; based on ISO/IEC 11801
speed channels
Centralized Cabling a cabling topology used
Conduit a raceway of circular cross-section
with centralized electronics, connecting the optical
Connecting Hardware a device providing
horizontal cabling with the building backbone
mechanical cable terminations
cabling passively in the telecommunications room
Connector a mechanical device used to align or
Central Member the center component of a cable;
attach two conductors
an anti-buckling element to resist temperature-induced
Connector Panel a panel designed for use with
stress; constructed of steel, fiberglass or glassreinforced plastic; also sometimes a strength element patch panels; it contains either 6, 8, or 12 adapters
pre-installed for use when field-connectorizing fibers
Central Office (CO) a phone companys switch or
Connector Panel Module a module designed for
exchange location or the building that houses the
use with patch panels; it contains either 6 or 12
switch; also called serving office and exchange
connectorized fibers that are spliced to backbone
Central Tube (CT) refers to the type of cable that
cable fibers
has the fibers housed in a single buffer tube; the
Continuity Check a test to determine end-to-end
fibers may either be bundled together with a binder
viability of a transmission media
yarn, or loose within the central tube; the bundled
approach usually is used for counts of 12 or more;
Core central region of an optical fiber through which
most central tube cables usually have multiple
light is transmitted
strength members on opposite sides of the central
Core Area that horizontal section of a building core
tube
set aside or used for utility service
Channel the end-to-end communications path
Core Concentricity a measure of the relationship
between two points including equipment cords and
between the geometric center of the core of an
patch cords; also a photonic communications path
optical fiber with the geometric center of the cladding
between two or more points of termination
Core Ovality a ratio of the minimum to maximum
Chassis a housing that holds multiple server blades
diameters of the core within an optical fiber
Characteristic Impedance the impedance that,
Core Layer or Core Switch a layer of the
when connected to the output terminals of a
network that passes packets as quickly as possible,
transmission line of any length, makes the line
routing traffic from the outside world to and from the
appear infinitely long; the ratio of voltage to current
Distribution layer
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