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Network interface device

In telecommunications, a network interface device (NID; also known by several other names) is a device that serves as the demarcation point between the carrier's local loop and the customer's premises wiring. Outdoor telephone NIDs also provide the subscriber with access to the station wiring and serve as a convenient test point for verification of loop…

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Optical network terminals

Optical fiber ITU-T IEEE Demultiplex Television

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Wiring termination

Terminals Telephone line Telephone company Public switched telephone network Telephone

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Smartjack

Intelligent Network Interface Devices Telecommunications service T1 lines Plain old telephone service Telephone jack

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National Broadband Network Network termination device Optical network terminal Fiber-to-the-premises

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Naming

National Broadband Network
Network termination device Network Termination Device (NBN)
Optical network terminal Network interface device
Fiber-to-the-premises Fiber to the x

Wiring termination

Terminals Terminal (electronics)
Telephone line
Telephone company Telecommunications company
Public switched telephone network
Telephone
Surge protectors Surge protector
Energy
Lightning
Utility pole
Digital logic Logic gate

Smartjack

Intelligent Network Interface Devices Intelligent Network Interface Device
Telecommunications service
T1 lines Digital Signal 1
Plain old telephone service
Telephone jack Telephone jack and plug
Printed circuit board
Repeater
Loopback
Telephone exchange
Alarm indication signal

Optical network terminals

Optical fiber
ITU-T
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Demultiplex Multiplexing
Television
Internet access
IAD Integrated access device
Battery Electric battery
Power outage
Passive optical networks Passive optical network
OLT Optical line termination
GPON

Environmental conditions

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Network interface device

Nodes49

Edges48

Triples11

Avg. degree1.96

Density0.040816

Components1

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Network interface device

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related to Smartjack · 11

Network interface device → Despite, INIDs, Intelligent Network Interface Devices, NID, NIDs, One, Plain, Several, Smartjacks, Such NIDs, T1

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telephone wiring line customer nid network also equipment nids service smartjack optical may company premises provide test typically smartjacks signal

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Network interface device	related to Smartjack	Several	0.60	section
Network interface device	related to Smartjack	NIDs	0.60	section
Network interface device	related to Smartjack	Such NIDs	0.60	section
Network interface device	related to Smartjack	Intelligent Network Interface Devices	0.60	section
Network interface device	related to Smartjack	INIDs	0.60	section
Network interface device	related to Smartjack	NID	0.60	section
Network interface device	related to Smartjack	Smartjacks	0.60	section
Network interface device	related to Smartjack	T1	0.60	section
Network interface device	related to Smartjack	Plain	0.60	section
Network interface device	related to Smartjack	Despite	0.60	section
Network interface device	related to Smartjack	One	0.60	section

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