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Glossary of Data Communications Terms
Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.
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Term:
fiber optics
Definition:
a technology for transmitting information via light waves
through a fine filament. Signals are encoded by varying
some characteristic of the light waves generated by a
low-powered laser. Output is sent through a
light-conducting fiber to a receiving device that decodes
the signal.
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