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Local area networks
Of or referring to computer networks that are limited to a certain physical domain. For example, a school, home, or office building using network media.
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Local area networks
packet-switching network
Telecommunications; Local area networks
A network which uses a digital networking communications method that arranges all data into suitably sized blocks.
asynchronous transfer mode
Telecommunications; Local area networks
A networking tecnology which relays data in packets or cells of a fixed size.
trunk line leasing
Telecommunications; Local area networks
The lending of bandwith resources in a network of a series of fiber optic transmitter and reciever pairs connected in tandem.
optical amplification
Telecommunications; Local area networks
The action of enhancing or boosting the power of an electromagnetic (EM) light wave.
optical transmission loss
Telecommunications; Local area networks
In fiber optics the distortion of a signal that occurs over a specified distance in relaying data.
dispersion
Telecommunications; Local area networks
The separation by refraction of light or other radiation into individual components of different wavelengths.
synchronize
Telecommunications; Local area networks
The process by which files are made to contain the same data over a network.
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