Fat pipe
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A Fat Pipe is a colloquial term for a data transmission circuit or network that is capable of carrying large amounts of data without significantly degrading the speed of transmission.
Despite the term used, the actual medium of transmission need not be large. The term is derived from the physical principle that a larger diameter pipe will carry a larger volume at a greater rate than one with a smaller diameter.
Whether a particular network could be considered a fat pipe is somewhat subjective and depends on the application. A cable modem or DSL Internet connection might be considered a fat pipe by dial-up users, but those used to T1 networks would consider an OC-12 a fat pipe. Meanwhile, grid users and those who have worked extensively with high-speed networks would consider an OC-768 (approx 40 Gbit/s) a fat pipe.
Fat Pipe is a trademark registered with United States Patent and Trademark Office by Ragula Systems Development Company.
More Information is available at Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR)
--04:03, 27 October 2006 (UTC) PAC, FatPipe Networks
