fiber-optic

Variant of fiber optics

fiber optics definition

fiber optics

    1. the branch of optics dealing with the transmission of light and images, as around bends and curves, through transparent optical fibers
    2. the technology using this fiber as for the transmission of data at high speeds and in large amounts
  2. such fibers bound together and used to send data, images, etc.

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