In optical communications, a two-fiber cable consisting essentially of two single-fiber cables having their jackets conjoined by a strip of jacket material.
Note 1: This name is borrowed from electrical terminology referring to lamp cord. As with lamp cord, optical zip-cord may be easily furcated by slitting or tearing the two jackets apart, permitting the installation of optical connectors.
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See communications zone, Fresnel zone, skip zone.

The area surrounding a power station that is raised in potential above a remote or true grounding (earthing) point. [T1.318-2000]

The space, adjacent to a lightning protection system, that is substantially immune to direct lightning strokes. [After T1.318-2000]

Synonym skip zone.

The act of changing the scale of a display, generally without changing the amount of screen space it occupies. [T1.232-1996]

Synonym Coordinated Universal Time. Formerly a synonym for Greenwich Mean Time.