logical reach

The maximum length of a fiber optic link, without regard to the loss budget, or the allow-

able amount of signal attenuation that the system can withstand. See also attenuation, fiber optic, link, loss budget, physical reach, and signal.

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• echo suppressor
• ECMA (European Computer Manufacturers Association)
• Ecma International
• Ecma International
• ECM (Error Control Mode)
• ECM (Error Control Mode)
• ECN Explicit Congestion Notification
• e-commerce (electronic commerce)
• ECSA (Exchange Carriers Standards Association)
• ECSD (Enhanced Circuit Switched Data)
• ECTF (Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum)
• EDFA (Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier)
• EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution)
• edge switch
• EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
• EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
• EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
• EDIFACT (Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce, and Transport)
• Edison, Thomas Alva (1847–1931)
• .edu (education)
• EEB (Extended Erlang B)
• EF (Expedited Forwarding)
• EFF
• EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
• e.g. (exempli gratia)