Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
réseaux de fibres en boucle métropolitaine
English translation:
fibre-optic MAN
Added to glossary by
Sylvia Smith
Jul 26, 2007 17:12
17 yrs ago
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French term
réseaux de fibres en boucle métropolitaine
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Telecom(munications)
fibre optic networks
This comes from the CV of a telecoms project manager:
Coordination du projet (400 M€) de réseaux de fibres en boucle métropolitaine et d’hébergement (Netcenters de Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg, Genève) vendu à 360 Networks (USA).
My head is swimming with all the different translations given for “boucle” in the dictionaries! The first thing that came to my mind was something like Local Loop Network, but I am far from an expert.
Can someone knowledgeable about the industry help me with the appropriate term for “réseaux de fibres en boucle métropolitaine”? Thank you!
Coordination du projet (400 M€) de réseaux de fibres en boucle métropolitaine et d’hébergement (Netcenters de Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg, Genève) vendu à 360 Networks (USA).
My head is swimming with all the different translations given for “boucle” in the dictionaries! The first thing that came to my mind was something like Local Loop Network, but I am far from an expert.
Can someone knowledgeable about the industry help me with the appropriate term for “réseaux de fibres en boucle métropolitaine”? Thank you!
Proposed translations
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Jennifer Levey
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Proposed translations
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Chile
Native in English
Specializes in field
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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104
Selected
fibre-optic MAN
where MAN (by analogy with LAN and WAN) is "metropolitan area network"
'boucle' is superflouos ere, IMHO
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Note added at 4 mins (2007-07-26 17:16:29 GMT)
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What is metropolitan area network? - a definition from Whatis.com ...A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a network that interconnects users with ... in the metropolitan areas of London, England; Lodz, Poland; and Geneva, ...
searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci214083,00.html - 51k - Cached - Similar pages
MAN ( Metro Area Networks, Metro Access Networks, Networks ...DEFINITION: A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a network that ... in the metropolitan areas of London, England; Lodz, Poland; and Geneva, Switzerland. ...
www.bitpipe.com/tlist/MAN.html - 16k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] All-optical packet-switched metropolitan-area network proposal ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
the summer of 1991, at Telecom-91 in Geneva in October of. that year, and in Tokyo in the summer ... metropolitan-area network (MAN) that would support up ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel1/50/6029/00233238.pdf?arnumber=233238 - Similar pages
[PDF] A prototype circuit-switched multi-wavelength optical metropolitan ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
networks (LAN’s) and metropolitan-area networks (MAN’S). having up to ..... demonstrated at Telecom’91 (Geneva, Switzerland) and at the ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel1/50/6029/00233240.pdf?arnumber=233240 - Similar pages
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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-07-27 13:42:17 GMT)
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clarification: 'boucle' is missing in the term 'fibre-optic MAN' because - at least in the context of the ST, it is sufficiently-well implied in the 'N' for network.
'boucle' is superflouos ere, IMHO
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Note added at 4 mins (2007-07-26 17:16:29 GMT)
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What is metropolitan area network? - a definition from Whatis.com ...A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a network that interconnects users with ... in the metropolitan areas of London, England; Lodz, Poland; and Geneva, ...
searchnetworking.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid7_gci214083,00.html - 51k - Cached - Similar pages
MAN ( Metro Area Networks, Metro Access Networks, Networks ...DEFINITION: A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a network that ... in the metropolitan areas of London, England; Lodz, Poland; and Geneva, Switzerland. ...
www.bitpipe.com/tlist/MAN.html - 16k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] All-optical packet-switched metropolitan-area network proposal ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
the summer of 1991, at Telecom-91 in Geneva in October of. that year, and in Tokyo in the summer ... metropolitan-area network (MAN) that would support up ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel1/50/6029/00233238.pdf?arnumber=233238 - Similar pages
[PDF] A prototype circuit-switched multi-wavelength optical metropolitan ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
networks (LAN’s) and metropolitan-area networks (MAN’S). having up to ..... demonstrated at Telecom’91 (Geneva, Switzerland) and at the ...
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel1/50/6029/00233240.pdf?arnumber=233240 - Similar pages
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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-07-27 13:42:17 GMT)
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clarification: 'boucle' is missing in the term 'fibre-optic MAN' because - at least in the context of the ST, it is sufficiently-well implied in the 'N' for network.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Silvia Brandon-Pérez
8 mins
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| agree |
Tony M
5 hrs
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| disagree |
rkillings
: 'boucle' is not superfluous. It indicates a loop (rather than star) network topology.
10 hrs
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And I maintain that that is a superfluous detail *in the context* of the source document. Also, from what I recall of the Geneva MAN, mentioned in the ST, it is not a loop anyway, tho' that's subject to verification.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you mediamatrix, and thanks to rkillings for making the point about the loop vs. star structure. I will ask the client about Geneva and let you know what he says."
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