SONET's Extraordinary ____ Results from Its Use of a Double-Ring

question 29

Multiple Choice

SONET's extraordinary ____ results from its use of a double-ring topology over fiber-optic cable.

• A) throughput
• B) low cost
• C) fault tolerance
• D) latency

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Definitions:

Neocolonialism

The economic and political strategies by which powerful nations indirectly maintain or extend their influence over other countries, often through economic pressures or cultural dominance.

Capital-Using Technology

An improvement in technology that requires the use of a greater amount of capital to produce a specific quantity of a product.

Capital-Saving Technology

An improvement in technology that permits a greater quantity of a product to be produced with a specific amount of capital (or permits the same amount of the product to be produced with a smaller amount of capital).

Capital Consumption

The diminution of physical capital's value over time due to use, wear and tear, or obsolescence, also known as depreciation.