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drop definition - telecom
  1. The portion of a local loop that extends from a distribution cable terminal to a customer's building. A drop, or drop wire, generally is in the form of a cable containing one to five twisted pairs, or perhaps one or two optical fibers. The term refers to the fact that the small cable often drops from a larger aerial cable suspended above the ground from poles. See also cable and local loop.
  2. The portion of an inside wire and cable system that drops from a false ceiling, also known as drop ceiling, perhaps connecting to a pre-wired cubicle or electrical pole, rather than directly to an electrically powered device.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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