Add-drop multiplexer Add-drop multiplexer An add-drop multiplexer (ADM) is an important element of an optical fiber network. A multiplexer combines, or multiplexes, several lower-bandwidth streams of data into a single beam of light. An "add-drop" multiplexer also has the capability to "add" one or more lower-bandwidth signals to an existing high-bandwidth data stream, and at the same time can extract or "drop" other low-bandwidth signals, removing them from the stream and redirecting them to some other network path. This is used as a local "on-ramp" and "off-ramp" to the high-speed network. ADMs can be used both in long-haul core networks and in
Suffer the Little Children Suffer the Little Children "Suffer the Little Children" is a horror short story by American writer Stephen King. It was first published by "Cavalier" in February, 1972. The story was later published as part of the collection "Nightmares & Dreamscapes" in 1993. In the "Notes" section of "Nightmares & Dreamscapes", King wrote that it was originally supposed to be published in his 1978 collection "Night Shift", but editor Bill Thompson opted to have it cut. King had wanted to cut "Gray Matter", but deferred to Thompson's choice. King has stated that the story reminds him of the works of Ray