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In telecommunications, a technical control facility (TCF) is defined by US Federal Standard 1037C as a telecommunications facility, or a designated and specially configured part thereof, that:
- contains the equipment necessary for ensuring fast, reliable, and secure exchange of information;
- typically includes distribution frames and associated panels, jacks, and switches and monitoring, test, conditioning, and orderwire equipment;
- and allows telecommunications systems control personnel to exercise operational control of communications paths and facilities, make quality analyses of communications and communications channels, monitor operations and maintenance functions, recognize and correct deteriorating conditions, restore disrupted communications, provide requested on-call circuits, and take or direct such actions as may be required and practical to provide effective telecommunications services.
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This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. (in support of MIL-STD-188).
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