"PON" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: PONs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PON (countable and uncountable, plural PONs)
  1. (networking) Initialism of passive optical network, technology and standards for fiber-optic broadband access. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: passive optical network, technology and standards for fiber-optic broadband access Categories (topical): Networking

Inflected forms

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