Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI): A standard for transmitting data on optical fiber cables at a rate of around 100,000,000 bits-per-second (10 times as fast as Ethernet, about twice as fast as T-3).

 

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Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI): A standard for transmitting data on optical fiber cables at a rate of around 100,000,000 bits-per-second (10 times as fast as Ethernet, about twice as fast as T-3).

Infrared Data Association (IrDA): A membership organization founded in 1993 and dedicated to developing standards for wireless, infrared transmission systems between computers. With IrDA ports, a laptop or PDA can exchange d . . . View Full Definition

Implant Interface: Tissue to Implant Contact: (a)fibrous integration, interposition of healthy dense collagenous tissue between implant and bone. (b)osseointegration, implies that a contact is established with . . . View Full Definition

Intelligent Roaming Database (IRDB): A list of acceptable and unacceptable networks for a phone to roam with stored either on a SIM card or in the phone.

Hybrid Fiber-Coxaial (HFC): Older CATV systems were provisioned using only coaxial cable. Modern systems use fiber transport from the headend to an optical node located in the neighborhood to reduce system noise. Coaxi . . . View Full Definition

Interface: A device or protocol which facilitates the linking of any two devices or systems; or when used as a verb ('to interface'), the process of linking.

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS): Any sheet that provides both workers and emergency personnel with information and procedures for handling or working with a particular substance (for example, chemical). MSDS's include infor . . . View Full Definition

Market-Data Approach: Estimating a propertys value based on a comparison of the property with similar properties in the same locale that have sold recently. Also known as the direct sales comparison approach.

High-Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD): The final evolution of circuit switched data within the GSM environment. HSCSD enables the transmission of data over a GSM link at speeds of up to 57.6kbit-s. This is achieved by concatenati . . . View Full Definition

Hazardous Substance Release And Health Effects Database (Hazdat): The scientific and administrative database system developed by ATSDR to manage data collection, retrieval, and analysis of site-specific information on hazardous substances, community health . . . View Full Definition