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A.T.C. (Automatic Threshold Control)
Absorption Losses
Acceptance Angle
Adapter
Angle on Incidence
Aramid Yarn
Armor
ATM
Attenuation
Attenuation Coefficient
Attenuator
Avalanche photodiode (APD)
Axial Ray
Back Reflection
Backscattering
Bandwidth
Beamsplitter
Bend Radius
Bit
Bragg Gratings, Fiber
Buffer
Bulkhead Attenuator
Bulkhead Connector
Card-Edge Connector
Central Member
Chromatic Dispersion
Cladding
Collimation
Composite Cable
Connector
Core
Core Eccentricity
Core Ellipticity (non-circularity
Coupler (fiber optic)
Coupling Loss
Dark Current
Data Link (fiber optic)
Data Rate
dBm
Decibel
Demultiplexer
Detector
Detector-Amplifier
Dielectric
Diode Adapter Receptacle
Directional Coupler (fiber optics)
Dispersion
Divergence
Doppler Shift
Driver I.C
Duplex Cable (fiber optics)
Duplex Connector (Fiber optics)
E.C.L. (Emitted-Coupled Logic)
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse)
End Finish
End Separation Loss
Extinction ratio
Extrinsic joint Loss
Fan-out
Ferrule
Fiber Buffer
Fiber Optic Cable
Fiber Optics
Fiber Sensor
Field Installable (fiberoptics)
Finish
Frequency-Division Multiplexing
Fresnel Relflection
FTTH
Furcation Tubing
Fusion splicer
Gigahertz (GHz)
Graded Index Fiber
Hard-Clad Silica Fluid
Hybrid Cable
Index Matching Gel
Index of refraction
Infrared
Insertion Loss
Interconnect Sleeve
Interferometer Test
Intrinsic Joint Loss
Jumper
Kevlar
Kilometer (km)
LAN
Large-Core Fiber
Laser
Launch Fiber
LED (Light-Emitting Diode)
Loose Buffer Cable
LSTTL (Low Power Schottky TTL)
Macrobending
Material Dispersion
Mating Sleeve
Mechanical Splicing
Megahertz (MHz)
Meridional Ray
Microbending Loss
Micron
Modal Dispersion
Mode
Mode Changing
Mode Conditioning Patchcord
Mode Filter
Mode Scrambler
Modulation
Monomode
Multifiber Cable
Multimode
Multiplexer
Nanometer
Non-Silica Glasses
Numerical Aperture
OFNP
OFNR
OM1 Fiber Classification (FDDI)
OM2 Fiber Classification (50/125)
OM3 Fiber Classification (10Gb/s)
Optical Attenuation Meter (Attenuator)
Optical Break
Optical Return Loss (ORL)
Optical Time Domain Refectometer (OTDR)
Output Power (LED)
Patch Panel
Patchcord
PE
Photodiode
Pigtail
Pin Photodiode
Plastic Clad SiIica (PCS)
Plastic Fibers
Plenum
Polarization-Maintaining Fiber
Polishing
Polyethylene (PE)
Polyvinyl-chloride (PVC)
Pulse Dispersion (pulse spreading)
Pulse Suppressor
PVC
PVDF
Rack Panels
Rayleigh Scattering
Receiver
Receiver I.C.
Receiver Sensitivity (expressed in dBm)
Reflection
Refraction
Repeater (fiber optic)
Return Loss
RF (Radio Frequency)
RFI (Radio Frequency Interference)
Riser
Scattering
Scribe Tool
Selco Lenses
Semi-Graded Index
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
Simplex Cable
Singlemode
Skew Rate
Splice
Splice Housing (Fiber Optics)
Star Coupler (fiber optics)
Step-Index
Stripper
STTL
Swage
Switch (fiber optics)
Tap (fiber optic)
Tee Coupler (fiber optic)
Telecommunications Closet (TC)
Termination tools
Tight Buffered Cable
Time-Division multiplexing
Total Internal Reflection
Transmitter (fiber optics)
Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
WDM
White Light
Zero-Dispersion Wavelength
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