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tap definition - telecom
  1. A temporary physical connection to a metallic circuit. See also bridged tap and circuit.
  2. A wiretap, or secret temporary connection to a circuit for purposes of monitoring the information being transmitted across it. See also wiretap.
  3. In Power over Ethernet (PoE), a picker that acts as a splitter, picking off the 48V DC voltage, making it available to the PoE-compliant device at 5V, 6V, or 12V DC, for example. See also DC, PoE, splitter, and voltage.

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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