fiber-optic


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Synonyms for fiber-optic

of or relating to fiber optics

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I doubted they'd be brighter, assuming that the moniker "LitePipe" was referencing the light-gathering capability of the fiber-optic rods they used.
Before accepting a switch to fiber-optic service, the department recommends asking about issues such as battery backup, costs, and the impact on home security devices, spokeswoman Jayda Leder-Luis said.
The ministry has vowed to make fiber-optic broadband cable services available to all households in Japan through competition in the private sector.
The fiber-optic cable is almost as important as the DTS itself as it is providing the information.
The Etisalat study compared 5,000 homes in the UAE which were connected by fiber-optic networks against homes that were serviced by Etisalat's legacy infrastructure.
The ministry installed fiber-optic cables in Lebanon 15 years ago but this network only covered an area of 1,300 kilometers.
Whereas conventional laboratory spectrophotometers utilize diode arrays as the color detector and are limited to analysis of solid or liquid samples at room temperature, Equispec OCS uses CCD (charge-coupled device), or video camera technology, that looks into the melt through a fiber-optic cable.
Sempra Fiber Links received an initial patent for its proprietary Fiber-In-Gas (FIG) installation method in January 2003, and the additional three patents will cover various hardware, tools, fittings and seals and specific techniques used during the installation of fiber-optic telecommunications networks.
Now that sunlight can be captured into a fiber-optic cable, smaller and more efficient solar panels could replace current ones.
Tenants may be reluctant to move into a building whose fiber-optic carrier uses only one point-of-entry.
Paul and Lorraine are not the types to rest on their laurels, working sometimes seven days a week, 12 hours a day, continually striving to produce better archery products, and still more uses for their fiber-optic material.
The system incorporates a fiber-optic backbone, expanded-beam fiber-optic interconnects, an ATM switch and a downstream copper distribution system.
Marvell's Alaska Ultra+ transceiver offers simultaneous support of both copper and fiber interfaces, whereby the copper port is connected to a transformer and RJ45 connector, and the fiber port is connected to a Gigabit fiber-optic module or GBIC device.
Persons interested in metrology for fiber-optic telecommunication will want to get a copy of the Technical Digest, Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, 2000.