Annette Cattron
Mr. Quwaider/NT1310
February 12, 2015
Cabling Definitions

1. Horizontal Cable= The portion of telecommunications cabling that provides connectivity between the horizontal cross-connect and the work-area telecommunications outlet. The horizontal cabling consists of Transmission media, the outlet, the terminations of the horizontal cables, and horizontal cross-connect.

2. Backbone Cable = is the inter-building and intra-building cable connections in structured cabling between entrance facilities, equipment rooms and telecommunications closets. Backbone cabling consists of the transmission media, main and intermediate cross-connects and terminations at these locations.

3. Patch Cords = A patch cord (sometimes called a patch cable) is a length of cable with connectors on the ends that is used to connect an end device to something else, such as a power source. One of the most common uses is connecting a laptop, desktop or other end device to a wall outlet.
4. Connectors = Connector may refer to: Electrical connector, a device for joining electrical circuits together. Audio and video connector, electrical connectors
5. Conduit = a pipe, tube, or tile for protecting electric wires or cables. a means of transmitting or distributing
6. Racks = A computer rack (commonly called a rack) is a metal frame used to hold various hardware devices such as servers, hard disk drives, modems

7. Punch-Down Blocks = A type of terminal strip used to connect telephone or data lines to each other. Also called "punch-down block," "quick-connect block," "terminating block "

8. Consolidation Points = (CP) is a piece of connecting hardware allowing interconnection between the permanently installed horizontal cables extending from the floor distributor (patch panel) and the movable horizontal cables extending to the telecommunications outlets (TOs).

9. Crimpers= A network crimping tool is a tool designed to crimp or connect a connector to the end of a cable. For example, network cables and phone cables

10. Fish Tape = fish tape (also known as a draw wire or draw tape) is a tool used by electricians to route new wiring through walls and electrical conduit. Made of a narrow band of spring steel, by careful manipulation, the tape can be guided through confined spaces such as wall cavities.

11. Cable Toner = testing continuity of the wire or cable. Blue Color; Trace and identify wires or cables in a bundle, Power: 9V battery; Identifying line condition (Clear, Ringing, etc.)
12. Continuity Tester = A continuity tester is an item of electrical test equipment used to determine if an electrical path can be established between two points; that is if an electrical circuit can be made. The circuit under test is completely de-energized prior to connecting the apparatus.

13. Category 5e/6 Cable = Category 6 cable, commonly referred to as Cat 6, is a standardized cable for Gigabit Ethernet and other network physical layers that is backward compatible with the Category 5/5e and Category 3 cable standards. Compared with Cat 5 and Cat 5e, Cat 6 features more stringent specifications for crosstalk and system noise.

14. Binder Groups = A group of wire pairs bound together, usually by some sort of color-coded

15. Hybrid/Composite Cable = MC/OF power/optical-fiber hybrid composite cable incorporates both current-carrying conductors and optical fibers in a galvanized steel interlocked armor.

16. Pulling Cable = It means they're pulling cable through a conduit. It's sometimes difficult physical work when the distance is long, and the cable is large.

17. Wavelengths of Light = Wavelength and frequency. Wavelength and frequency. Light is measured by its wavelength (in nanometers) or frequency (in Hertz). One wavelength. equals the distance between

18. EMI = Electromagnetic interference (EMI, also called radio-frequency interference or RFI when in radio frequency) is disturbance that affects an electrical circuit due to either electromagnetic induction or electromagnetic radiation emitted from an external source.

19. Optical-Fiber Strand = A thin glass strand designed for light transmission. A single hair-thin fiber is capable of transmitting trillions of bits per second. In addition to their huge transmission capacity, optical fibers offer many advantages over electricity and copper wire.

20. Index of Refraction = the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in a medium under consideration. Also called refractive index.

21. Cable Jacket = A protective outer covering for a cable. Depending on the intended use for the cable and the operational environment.

22. Cladding Size =A metal coating bonded onto another metal under high pressure and temperature. 2. The process of forming such a coating. 3. A protective or insulating layer.

23. Multifiber Cables = A fiber-optic cable having two or more fibers, each of which is capable of serving as an independent optical transmission channel.

24. Differential Mode Delay = is the difference in the time delays amongst the fiber's propagating modes caused by imperfections or nonideality of the fiber refractive index profile.

25. Chromatic Dispersion = In fiber optic transmissions, chromatic dispersion is a term used to describe the spreading of a light pulse as it travels down a fiber when light pulses launched close together (high data rates) spread too much and result in errors and a loss of information.