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Cabling and fibre
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Switching and Wi-Fi
Firewalls and subscriptions
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Racks and server rooms
Terms
- Cat 6
- Cat 6A
- Cat 5e
- UTP
- Shielded cable
- LSZH
- RJ45
- PoE
- Multimode fibre
- Single-mode fibre
- OM4
- LC connector
- SC connector
- Duplex fibre
- Simplex fibre
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Patch panel
- Keystone jack
- Faceplate
- Patch cord
- Horizontal cable
- Wi-Fi 6
- NVR
- IP camera
- Access point
- PoE budget
- Managed switch
- Next-generation firewall
- NAS
- PDU
- Rack unit (U)
- SFP and SFP+
- Cable certification
- OTDR
- Fibre pigtail
- MPO trunk
- Wireless keyboards and mice
- Tablet keyboard cases
- Meeting room and call peripherals
- USB and PCIe network adapters
- Patch cord lengths
- Cable box runs
- UPS VA ratings
- Cable dressing
- Wall mount rack sizes
- Rack width
- Digital signage displays
- Coaxial cable RG sizes
- Switch port count
- Core switch
- Outdoor cable
- Shuttered outlets
- Wireless controller
- Unloaded patch panel
- Workstation
- Wall mount rack with PDU
- 10G switch
- Wi-Fi router
- Industrial Ethernet switch
- Vehicle cameras
- CKD rack set
- Rack and tower servers
- Server rack
- Server and workstation memory
- SAN and high availability storage
- File server
- Rackmount NAS
- Drive capacity
- Desktop hard drives
- Backup drives
- AI surveillance drives
- DVR
- Analog HD cameras
- CCTV kits
- 2 MP cameras
- 4 MP and 5 MP cameras
- 4K NVR
- Camera housings and mounts
- Interactive displays
- LED displays and pixel pitch
- Commercial TVs
- Three phase UPS
- Single phase UPS
- Modular UPS
- Servo voltage stabiliser
- Media converter
- FTTH and GPON
- ADSL and VDSL routers
- Metro Ethernet switch
- PVC jacketed cable
- OM3 multimode fibre
- OM5 multimode fibre
- ST connector
- Uniboot patch cords
- Fibre adapter plates
- Cable labels
- Cable verifiers and qualifiers
- Cat 6A keystone jacks
- Shielded keystone jacks
- DIN rail
- M8 connectors
- M23 connectors
- Wire-to-board connectors
- IDC connectors
- Flexible and drag chain cable
- Waterproof circular connectors
- SHV connectors
- Gaming keyboards and mice
- USB-C
- Business monitors
- Extended warranty and support
- Cat 6 patch cords
- Cat 6A patch cords
- Shielded patch cords
- S/FTP cable
- F/UTP cable
- Plenum rated cable
- Riser rated cable
- Cat 6 bulk cable
- Cat 6A bulk cable
- Cable boxes and reels
- Modular plugs
- Cat 6 keystone jacks
- 110 wiring blocks
- 1U patch panels
- 24 port patch panels
- Locking patch cords
- Keyed LC connectors
- LC to LC duplex cords
- SC to SC duplex cords
- LC to SC cords
- OM4 patch cords
- OS2 single mode patch cords
- Ultra low loss fibre cords
- Fibre adaptors and couplers
- Indoor fibre cable
- LC/APC connectors
- Single mode pigtails
- Multimode pigtails
- LazrSPEED and TeraSPEED
- Connector gender
- Pole count
- Crimp connectors
- Solder cup connectors
- PCB mount connectors
- Panel mount connectors
- Cable mount connectors
- Right angle connectors
- Pin headers
- Cable assemblies
- Receptacles
- Tool grades
- M5 connectors
- M16 connectors
- M18 connectors
- Energy storage connectors
- PUR jacketed cable
- Shielded industrial cable
- Servo motor cables
- High temperature cable
- Armoured industrial cable
- Interface modules
- Cable markers
- Cable protection sleeves
- 9 pin D-sub connectors
- 25 pin D-sub connectors
- 37 and 50 pin D-sub and Centronics
- N type connectors
- SMA connectors
- RP-SMA connectors
- TNC connectors
- F type connectors
- UHF connectors
- MCX connectors
- MMCX connectors
- FME connectors
- SMB connectors
- SMC connectors
- Bulkhead connectors
- Actuator cables
- Air cooled and oil cooled stabilisers
- Three phase servo stabilisers
- Single phase servo stabilisers
- UPS input voltage window
- UPS with inbuilt batteries
- Numeric Keor UPS
- Numeric Premius Edge UPS
- High capacity hard drives
- Hard drive form factors
- Ultrastar drives
- IronWolf and IronWolf Pro
- My Passport drives
- BarraCuda drives
- QNAP TS series
- Bullet cameras
- Dome cameras
- Infrared cameras
- 4G cameras and routers
- Double section wall racks
- Rack cable entry
- Rack adapter kits
- Rack locks
- Cable glands
- Cloud managed networking
- HPE Aruba Networking switches
- FortiGate firewalls
- Sophos XGS firewalls
- TP-Link Omada
- Ubiquiti UniFi
- D-Link DGS switches
- Digisol DG range
- CommScope NETCONNECT
- CommScope SYSTIMAX
- D-Link NCB structured cabling
- CP Plus cameras and recorders
- Geonix accessories
- Netrack NRS series
- LIU and ODF
- MPO and MTP
- Online UPS
- Armoured cable
- Plug boot
- Punch down termination (IDC)
- U/FTP, F/UTP and S/FTP
- Solid and stranded conductor
- Alien crosstalk
- Channel and permanent link
- PoE heat in cable bundles
- Cable jacket colours
- Fibre patch cord
- Fusion splicing
- OS2 single-mode
- Fibre count
- Loose tube and tight buffer
- Ferrule
- APC and UPC polish
- Insertion loss
- Optical loss budget
- Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching
- Uplink ports
- Optical transceiver
- High-density Wi-Fi
- Router and firewall
- VLAN
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- Switch stacking
- The 19 inch standard
- Wall mount and floor standing racks
- CKD and welded racks
- Rack depth
- Cable management
- Rack doors
- Rack shelf
- Side panels
- Bullet, dome and PTZ cameras
- Camera resolution
- Recorder channels
- Surveillance rated drives
- IR range and night vision
- MDVR and mobile cameras
- Video walls
- Firewall throughput with inspection on
- UTM
- Firewall sizing
- Site to site and remote VPN
- SD-WAN
- VA and watts
- Line interactive UPS
- UPS runtime
- Sizing a UPS
- AVR
- RAID
- Drive bays
- CMR and SMR recording
- Workload rating
- Enterprise drives
- NAS rated drives
- Portable drives
- Tier 1 and Tier 2 fibre testing
- The test report
- Reading an OTDR trace
- Calibration
- D-sub connector
- HD D-sub connector
- M5 to M23 circular connectors
- M12 coding
- IP ratings on connectors
- MS circular connectors
- BNC connector
- Terminal block
- Backshells and hoods
- Crimp and solder contacts
- PoE switch
- LAN cable
- RF coaxial connectors
- Industrial Ethernet cable
- Sensor and actuator cordsets
- Termination tools
Choices we get asked to settle
- Cat 6 or Cat 6A
- Cat 5e or Cat 6
- UTP or shielded
- Multimode or single-mode
- LC or SC
- Duplex or simplex
- PoE, PoE+ or PoE++
- LIU or patch panel
- Armoured or unarmoured
- Line interactive or online UPS
- NGFW or UTM
- Pre-terminated trunk or splice on site
- Factory patch cord or terminate your own
- DVR or NVR
- LSZH or PVC
- Cat 6A or fibre
- NAS or surveillance drive
- Enterprise or NAS drive
- Pigtail or patch cord
- Router or access point
- Signage display or video wall
- Industrial or office switch
- Outdoor or armoured cable
- 2 MP or 4 MP camera
- SAN or NAS
- External drive or NAS
- Three phase or single phase UPS
- OM3 or OM4
- Stabiliser or UPS
- Commercial TV or signage display
- Media converter or SFP
- Desktop or NAS drive
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