Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

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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