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fiber optics
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fiber optics
n.
An optical system in which light or an image is conveyed by a compact bundle of fine flexible glass or plastic fibers.

fiber-optic adj.


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The UAE is to be covered 90 per cent by fibre optic network by 2011," Mohammed Hassan Omran said at a conference organised by London-based MEED, adding fibre optics covered about 60 per cent of the oil exporting country at present.
Trace Technologies' design tool enables the installation of fibre optics to replace heavy copper wiring in aircraft.
Walsall Regeneration Company (WRC) is looking to set up a project to use fibre optics technology that would make broadband speeds hundreds of times quicker than currently available.
 
 
 
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