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Telecommunications Closet (TC), also called Wiring Closet, is a room or closet that houses all the telecommunication equipment. The TC also serves as a termination point for the horizontal cabling system of a network, the point of circuit administration and contains the network's distribution panels, cross-connects and backbone. The TC may also house auxiliary power supplies for workstation equipment.

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