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cable modem

A device that provides Internet access over cable television lines.

cable tester

A device that is used to check for electrical continuity along a length of cable. Cable tester is a generic term that can be applied to devices such as volt/ohm meters and TDRs.

caching-only server

A type of DNS server that operates the same way as secondary servers except that a zone transfer does not take place when the caching-only server is started.

carrier

A signal that carries data. The carrier signal is modulated to create peaks and troughs, which represent binary bits.

CDDI (Copper Distributed Data Interface)

An implementation of the FDDI standard that uses copper cable rather than optical cable.

Centronics connector

A connector that uses teeth ...

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