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    The Fiber Optic Association (FOA) is an international professional society of fiber optics. The FOA was founded in 1995 by a group of trainers from industry...
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    A fiber-optic cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable but containing one or more optical fibers that...
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  • A fiber-optic sensor is a sensor that uses optical fiber either as the sensing element ("intrinsic sensors"), or as a means of relaying signals from a...
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    as in the case of a fiberscope. Specially designed fibers are also used for a variety of other applications, such as fiber optic sensors and fiber lasers...
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    applications. In all, about 100 different types of fiber optic connectors have been introduced to the market. These connectors include components such as...
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    October 23, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2015. "Fiber optic cable color codes". Tech Topics. The Fiber Optic Association. Retrieved September 17, 2009. Crawford...
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  • The Fiber Optic Sensing Association (FOSA) is a nonprofit industry association that promotes fiber-optic sensing technology. It was founded in April 2017...
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    Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of infrared or visible light through an...
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  • A fiber management system (FMS) manages optical fiber connections from outside of fiber rack to the fiber routers. Fiber-optic cable duct containing many...
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    FC connector (category Fiber-optic connectors)
    The FC connector is a fiber-optic connector with a threaded body, which was designed for use in high-vibration environments. It is commonly used with...
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  • A fiber-optic splitter, also known as a beam splitter, is based on a quartz substrate of an integrated waveguide optical power distribution device, similar...
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    U.S. Military connector specifications (category Military of the United States standards)
    Electrical or fiber-optic connectors used by U.S. Department of Defense were originally developed in the 1930s for severe aeronautical and tactical service...
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    "Optical Fiber Types". www.thefoa.org. The Fiber Optic Association. Retrieved 2019-07-06. "Large-Scale Production Technology for G.657 Fiber with Ultra...
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  • Mechanical splice (category Fiber optics)
    splicing, varying based on the method of fiber alignment; four common methods, according to the Fiber Optic Association, are the capillary tube, V-groove...
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  • through DOCSIS. Bandwidth is shared among users of an HFC. The fiber optic network extends from the cable operators' master headend, sometimes to regional...
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  • Fusion splicing (category Fiber optics)
    from Fiber Optic Cable"  "How to Precision Clean All Fiber Optic Connections": Edward J. Forrest, Jr. ISBN 1505549728, 9781505549720 Fiber Optic Association...
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    the different Internet connection methods?". Archived from the original on October 13, 2009. "FTTx: Fiber To The Home/Premises/Curb". The Fiber Optic...
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    from the original on 2014-08-08. Degarmo, p. 434. Degarmo, pp. 433–434. Degarmo, p. 433. "Optical Fiber". www.thefoa.org. The Fiber Optic Association. Retrieved...
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    optical fiber to provide all or part of the local loop used for last mile telecommunications. As fiber optic cables are able to carry much more data than...
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    Advanced Training (category For-profit universities and colleges in the United States)
    College. The institute is an approved training center by the Fiber Optic Association. ATA College is an official testing site for Pearson VUE and the Electronics...
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  • Fiber-optic filter is an optical fiber instrument used for wavelength selection, which can select desired wavelengths to pass and reject the others. It...
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    pp. 41–43. ISBN 978-0470483367. "Optical Fiber". www.thefoa.org. The Fiber Optic Association. Archived from the original on 24 January 2009. Retrieved 17...
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  • published in 2008, and 2018 (November). "Optical Fiber Types". www.thefoa.org. The Fiber Optic Association. Retrieved 2021-04-07. "G.651.1: Characteristics...
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  • of fiber-optic cable. The technical standard requires two strands of 62.5/125 μm multimode fiber. One strand is used for data transmission while the other...
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  • was an edible Google Fiber bar instead of fiber-optic Internet broadband. It is stated that the Google Fiber bar delivers "what the body needs to sustain...
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  • National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), this name is used for interior fiber-optic cables which contain no electrically conductive components, and which...
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  • Hengtong (category Companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange)
    Hengtong Group is a China's largest power and fiber optic cable manufacturer.: 14  It is listed as the 7th largest manufacturer in market research firm...
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  • The Telecommunications Industry Association's TIA-598-C Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding is an American National Standard that provides all necessary...
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  • "Optical Fiber". www.thefoa.org. The Fiber Optic Association. Retrieved 17 April 2015. Senior, John M.; Jamro, M. Yousif (2009). Optical fiber communications:...
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    Frontier Communications (category Internet service providers of the United States)
    Communications Corporation until 2020, as a communications provider with a fiber-optic network and cloud-based services, Frontier offers broadband internet...
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