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fibre optic cable

A very fine glass strand that allows rapid transmission of data, using modulated light beams. It is usual to put many strands together in a single cable, each one capable of carrying one or more data signals. Fibre optic cable provides interference-free, secure data transmission and, unlike metal wires, is not subject to corrosion. Also known as optical fibre.

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cablecoaxial cableoptical fibretwisted pairdata transmissiontelecommunicationsbackbone
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