
1) Telecommunications equipment
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In the evolution of modern telecommunications systems there was a requirement to connect large numbers of low-speed access devices with large telephone company `central office` switches over common paths. During the first generations of digital networks, analog signals were digitized on line cards attached to the central office switches. In an e.....
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• (n.) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air. • (n.) A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle...
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Solar concentrator array by SolFocus, Inc., Palo Alto, CA A solar module that uses optical elements to increase the amount of sunlight incident on a solar cell. Concentrators arrays must track the sun and use only direct sunlight because the diffuse portion cannot be focused. Efficiency ...
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a switching device allowing simultaneous different connections between a plurality of inlets on one side and a small number of traffic circuits on the other NOTE - The concentrator performs a traffic concentration in one direction and a traffic expansion in the other direction.
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element of the inductor equipment achieving the concentration of the magnetic flux within a given place of the charge
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A photovoltaic module, which includes optical components such as lenses (Fresnel lens) to direct and concentrate sunlight onto a solar cell of smaller area. Most concentrator arrays must directly face or track the sun. They can increase the power flux of sunlight hundreds of times.
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Con'cen·tra`tor noun (Mining) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.
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The facility in which ore is processed to separate minerals from the host rock.
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Concentrator A device connected to several RFID readers to gather data from the readers. The concentrator usually performs some filtering and then passes only useful information from the readers on to a host computer.
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(Photovoltaic) See "Photovoltaic Centrator".
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(NETWORK GLOSSARY) A device that serves as the hub of a star-topology network. Also, sometimes used to refer to a device that contains multiple modules of network and internetwork equipment.
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A milling plant that produces a concentrate of the valuable minerals or metals. Further treatment is required to recover the pure metal.
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A process where iron ore is upgraded to a higher iron content.
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A milling plant that produces a concentrate of the valuable minerals or metals. Further treatment is required to recover the pure metal.
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A synonym for a multi-port repeater that may also perform bridging and routing functions.
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