COMPETITIVE ACCESS PROVIDER
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(CAP, or "Bypass Carrier") A company whichprovides network links between the customer and theIntereXchange Carrier or even directly to the InternetService Provider. CAPs operate private networks independentof Local Exchange Carriers.["Getting Connected The Internet at 56k and Up", Kevin Dowd,First Edition, p. 49, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., June 1996,ISBN 1-56592-154-2 (US), ISBN 1-56592-203-4 (international)].
By Denis Howe
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.