physical reach

The maximum length of a fiber optic link, in consideration of the loss budget, or the

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

• National Do-Not-Call Registry
• National Electrical Code (NEC)
• National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA)
• National Information Infrastructure (NII)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• National Internet Registry (NIR)
• nationalize
• National Research and Education Network (NREN)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• National Television Standards Committee (NTSC)
• native
• NAT (Network Address Translation)
• natural monopoly
• NBS (National Bureau of Standards)
• NCC (Network Control Center)
• NCP
• NCSA Mosaic
• NCSA Mosaic
• NDSF (Non Dispersion-Shifted Fiber)
• NDSF (Non Dispersion-Shifted Fiber)
• near-end cross talk (NEXT)
• near line-of-sight (near LOS)
• near-LOS (near Line-Of-Sight)
• near-realtime (nrt)
• NECA (National Exchange Carrier Association)