Datendose

English translation: data outlet

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German term or phrase:	Datendose
English translation:	data outlet
Entered by:	James Taylor (X)

14:25 Sep 16, 2007

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / Wiring/telecoms

German term or phrase: Datendose

This is some kind of telecoms installation in an inventory of electrical/telecoms materials - but a literal translation ('data tin' or some such) quite clearly isn't right. Any ideas? (Believe me, anything is welcome at this stage...)

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data outlet

Explanation:
Datendose, data outlet. Dateneinheit, data unit (DU). Datenelement des Konvergenz-Teilschichtprotokolls, convergence sublayer protocol data unit (CS-PDU) ...
networks.siemens.de/solutionprovider/_online_lexikon/fachde/fach_d.htm - 40k - Cached - Similar pages

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Kabel durch Kabelschelle an der Datendose festschrauben. Screw the cable on the data outlet by the clamp. ...
www.cobinet.de/downloads/montageanleitungen/CobiNet_Datendo... - Similar pages
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Fachwörter Englisch-Deutschdata outlet, Datendose. data over voice Abkürzung:DOV, Daten über Sprache. data packet, Datenpaket. data packet sequencing, Datenpaket-Folgesteuerung ...
www.itwissen.info/verzeichnisse/fachwoerter-englisch-deutsc... - 161k - Cached - Similar pages

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David Hollywood
Local time: 15:14

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Thanks - if it's in the Siemens glossary, that's good enough for me right now. :)
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data outlet

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data outlet

David Hollywood
Local time: 15:14
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Thanks - if it's in the Siemens glossary, that's good enough for me right now. :)

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