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.
Absentee owner can describe a real estate investor with one condo in a different state from where he or she lives, or it can describe a corporation that owns shopping malls and apartment buildings all over the country.