In civilian telecommunications, outside plant refers to all of the physical cabling and supporting infrastructure (such as conduit, cabinets, tower or poles), and any associated hardware (such as repeaters) located between a demarcation point in a switching facility and a demarcation point in another switching center or customer premises.
Absentia is Latin for absence. In absentia, a legal term, is Latin for in the absence or while absent. (In) absentia may also refer to: Award in absentia. Declared death in absentia. Election in absentia.
a person who is absent, especially from work or school. 2. a person who absents himself or herself, as a landowner who does not live on certain property owned or a voter who is permitted to cast a ballot by mail. Origin of absentee. 1530-1540.