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2. Telecommunications pedestal - Wikipedia

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   A telecommunications pedestal is a ground-level housing for a passive connection point for underground cables. Technicians require access to connection points. Placing such a point underground (e.g., in a utility vault) is expensive, so pedestals are preferred when they are an acceptable choice. Pedestals are used for CATV (known as a cable box ...

3. Set-top box - Wikipedia

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   A typical modern set-top box, along with its remote control - pictured here a digital terrestrial TV receiver by TEAC. A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, [1] is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into ...

4. Cable box - Wikipedia

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   Cable box (electronics) an electronic device that controls cable television in individual homes. Cable box (outside) a box located outside a residence that connects cable television. The Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina is sometimes colloquially referred to as the "cable box." the television set-top box is sometimes referred ...

5. ON TV (TV network) - Wikipedia

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   ON TV was an American subscription television (STV) service that operated in eight markets between 1977 and 1985. Originally established by National Subscription Television, a joint venture of Oak Industries and Chartwell Communications, ON TV was part of a new breed of STV operations that broadcast premium programming—including movies, sporting events, and concerts—over an encrypted ...

6. Fireplace - Wikipedia

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   Mantel—Either the shelf above a fireplace or the structure to support masonry above a fireplace [23] Smoke shelf—A shelf below the smoke chamber and behind the damper. It collects debris and water falling down the flue. [24] Throat (waist)—The narrow area above a fireplace usually where the damper is located. [21] Wing—The sides of a ...

7. Hybrid fiber-coaxial - Wikipedia

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   In a hybrid fiber-coaxial cable system, television channels are sent from the cable system's distribution facility, the headend, to local communities through optical fiber subscriber lines. At the local community, an optical node translates the signal from a light beam to radio frequency (RF), and sends it over coaxial cable lines for ...