fiber optic cable
Glass data line
A fiber optic cable transmits data as pulses of light through thin glass or plastic strands, offering much higher speeds and bandwidth than traditional copper wiring.
These cables form the backbone of modern telecommunications and internet infrastructure: The technician ran fiber optic cable to the building.
Often shortened to fiber: Does your neighborhood have fiber yet?
- high speedRapid rate of motion
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
- long distanceSeparation across significant space
- claddingOuter protective layer
router · photodetectors · medical imaging · internet infrastructure · data center · core · attenuation · repeater · dispersion · photonics · jacket · military communications · ethernet · scalability · pulse · glass · transmission · undersea
- cablescoaxial, ethernet, patch cord, twisted pair, DisplayPort
- broadcast equipmentbroadcast camera, broadcast tower, broadcast antenna, antenna array, transmitter
- cellular infrastructurecell tower, base station, antenna array, transceiver, small cell
- fiber opticscladding, splice, glass fibre, splitter, core
- network cablingCat5e, Cat6, patch cord, twisted pair, STP
- OptoelectronicsLED, laser, photodiode, phototransistor, photocell
fiber optic cablecopper wire
Metal strand conducting electricity
copper wiring · coaxial cable · twisted pair · ethernet cable · telephone wire
fiber optic cablewireless
Untethered signal transmission
Wi-Fi · radio transmission · satellite communication · cellular network · Bluetooth
fiber optic cabletelegraph wire
Conductor for electrical messages
telegraph cable · tin can telephone · semaphore · smoke signals · dial-up connection
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