fiber-optic
Data via photons
Fiber-optic describes technology that transmits data as light pulses through thin glass or plastic strands.
Fiber-optic cables carry internet, telephone, and television signals faster and farther than copper wire: The building was upgraded to fiber-optic internet.
The term appears as both fiber-optic and fiber optic, with or without the hyphen.
Data transmission capacity
- broadbandFast internet access
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- dataFacts for analysis
network · connectivity · cable · ethernet · ISP · router · modem · LAN
Concentrated light device
- photonicsLight particle science and engineering
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- wavelengthSpatial repetition interval
- refractionWave bending between media
cladding · core · luminous · LED · spectroscopy · photon · attenuation · dispersion
Transparent solid from sand
- silicaSilicon dioxide compound
- quartzCrystalline silicon dioxide
- strandThin fiber piece
- filamentVery thin thread
bundle · sheath · jacket · connector · splice · ferrule · buffer · polymer
Billion bits of data
- latencyDelay in system response
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- high-speedMoving very quickly
- megabitMillion bits
low-latency · terabit · ping · transfer · streaming · real-time · ultrafast · capacity
bandwidth
Data transmission capacity
- broadbandFast internet access
- internetInterconnected computer systems
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
data · network · connectivity · cable · ethernet · ISP · router · modem · LAN · WAN
laser
Concentrated light device
- photonicsLight particle science and engineering
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- wavelengthSpatial repetition interval
refraction · cladding · core · luminous · LED · spectroscopy · photon · attenuation · dispersion · multimode
glass
Transparent solid from sand
filament · bundle · sheath · jacket · connector · splice · ferrule · buffer · polymer · crystalline
gigabit
Billion bits of data
- latencyDelay in system response
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- high-speedMoving very quickly
megabit · low-latency · terabit · ping · transfer · streaming · real-time · ultrafast · capacity · performance
fiber-opticcopper wire
Metal strand conducting electricity
copper · coaxial · coaxial cable · electrical · metallic
fiber, fibrous, fibers, optical, optic, optics, optician, fiberglass, fibril