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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fiber-optic, fiberoptic, fibre-optic, fibreopticadjective

    of or relating to fiber optics

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  1. fiber-optic

    Fiber-optic refers to a technology that uses thin, flexible strands of glass or plastic known as optical fibers to transmit information as pulses of light. These fibers have the capacity to carry large amounts of data over long distances with minimal loss of signal strength. Fiber-optic technology is widely used in telecommunications and broadband internet services due to its high speed and reliability.

Editors Contribution

  1. fiber-optic

    A form of technology.

    Fiber-optic are a form of technology in telecommunications and broadband networks.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fiber-optic in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fiber-optic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of fiber-optic in a Sentence

  1. Chief Executive Stella Handler:

    We made significant progress in our fiber-optic trials, and are now prepared to connect thousands of households to this network.

  2. Vodafone Turkey chief executive:

    Turkey needs 250,000 km more fiber-optic lines in the next five years. To expect that from just one operator is not fair or possible.

  3. Roger Kay:

    Internet protocol was designed to be highly robust and decentralized, there are a few big ‘trunks,’ huge fiber-optic cables that run undersea and carry much of the traffic from, say, the U.S. to Japan, but there are multiples of most of those and other routes, like satellite, even if they all go out.

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