B • Glossary of terms
Model 6276 User Guide
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T
Shroud
A male connector body designed to fit over the
extended tails of a long tail connector which allows a
female connector to be mated from the rear side for
midplane or rear I/O applications.
T
TDM
Time Division Multiplex—A technique for transmit-
ting a number of separate data, voice and/or video sig-
nals simultaneously over one communications
medium by quickly interleaving a piece of each signal
one after another.
TNV
Telephone Network Voltages—any voltage present on
the telephone network side of the isolation device on
any device (for example, board) that connects to the
telephone network.
U
U
An EIA unit of measurement equal to 1.75 in.
(4.45 cm) for equipment racks.
W
Warm-Swap
An environment supporting removal and insertion of
power supplies while under power, wherein the power
supply is disabled during insertion and removal,
avoiding the need for the connectors to make and
break high current connections while under load.
