| Term | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | Subscriber/Standard Connector / Square Connector | |||
| LC | Lucent Connector / Little Connector | |||
| ST | Straight Terminus / Stick & Twist | |||
| Singlemode | ||||
| Multimode | ||||
| Simplex | ||||
| Duplex | ||||
| UPC | Ultra Physical Contact/Connector | Connector and panel should be color coded blue. End of fiber core is concave | ||
| APC | Angle Physical Contact/Connector | Connector and panel should be color coded green. End of fiber core is diagonal | ||
| MU | Often referred to as "mini SC" | |||
| MPO | Multi-fiber push on | See Optical: Multi-fiber Push On (MPO) |
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Jumper jacket/cable color chart
| Type | Jacket color | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Singlemode | Yellow | Single Mode |
| Blue | Sometime used to designate polarization-maintaining fiber | |
| Multimode | Orange | Multi Mode OM1. 62.5/125 µm (micron) |
| Grey | Multi Mode OM1. (Legacy colour) | |
| Aqua | Multi Mode OM3. 10G Laser optimized 20/125 µm (micron) |
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| Connector | Type | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jumper Multimode LC Duplex | |||
 | Jumper Multimode SC Duplex | |||
 | Jumper Singlemode LC Duplex | Standard jumper, WiscNet stocks | ||
 | Jumper Singlemode SC Duplex | Standard jumper, WiscNet stocks | ||
 | Jumper Multimode
ST
Simplex | |||
 | Jumper Singlemode LC/LC Duplex Connector is split | Standard jumper, WiscNet stocks | ||
 | Jumper Multimode SC/SC Duplex
| |||
 | Jumper Multimode LC/LC Duplex | |||
| Jumper Singlemode MU/MU Simplex | |||
 | Panel SC UPC | |||
 | Panel SC UPC | |||
 | Panel LC UPC | |||
 | Jumper Singlemode SC APC | WiscNet does not stock | ||
 | Panel APC |
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