In broadcast engineering, a "'distribution frame "'is a location within an apparatus room through which all audio, video, or data ) pass, with the ability to arbitrarily route and connect sources and destinations between studios and other internal and external points.
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Telephone technicians often used the phrase " red-right-ring-rear " ( or " ring-right-red-rough " ) to remember that the red wire connects to the right-side post in the wall jack and to the ring on the plug and to the rear lug on main distribution frames.
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First a primer on how a plain old telephone works-it's simply two wires ( which telcospeak calls " the pair " and latterly " the local loop " ) connected to a relay and some electrical gubbins ( in telco " the main distribution frame " ) down at the telephone exchange ( telco : " the central office " or " C . O . " ).