Drop

Drop in telecommunications, has several meanings:


 * 1) In a telecommunications network, a drop is the portion of a device directly connected to the internal station facilities, such as toward a telephone switchboard, toward a switching center, or toward a telephone exchange. A drop can also be a wire or cable from a pole or cable terminus to a building.


 * 1) To drop is to delete, intentionally or unintentionally, or to lose part of a signal, such as dropping bits from a bit stream.

Source

 * Federal Standard 1037C, in support of MIL-STD-188