Intermediate Distribution Frame. Network electronics that route network traffic for a group of desktops to a BDF.
Intermediate Distribution Frame. An intermediate cross connect point, usually located in a wiring or utility closet. A trunk cable or LAN backbone is run rom each IDF to the MDF (Main Distribution Frame). Also referred to as SDF (Sub-Distribution Frame).
Intermediate Distribution Frame. A metal rack designed to connect cables and located in an equipment room or closet. Provides the connections between inter-building cabling and the inter-building cabling (i.e. between the Main Distribution Frame and the individual phone wiring). The changes in wiring are done in the IDF. This saves confusion in wiring.
Intermediate Distribution Facility. Facility which regroups intermediaries connections.
intermediate distribution facility. Secondary communications room for a building using a star networking topology. The IDF is dependent on the MDF. See also MDF
Intermediate Distribution Frame - now known as ICC (Intermediate Cross Connect). Typically a cross-connection point between floor cabling and the riser cabling on each floor of a building.
area, or one of the areas in a building, housing the riser cable terminations for the floor on which it is located, and from which the service is distributed to the station locations via the horizontal distribution system.
Intermediate distribution frame. A metal rack for cable connections located in an equipment room or closet. Provides the connection between the main distribution frame (MDF) and individual phone wiring.
A frame that has distributing blocks on both sides, permitting the interconnection of telephone circuitry.