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fiber-optic communication

method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber
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fiber-optic communication

Summary

fiber-optic communication is a transmission medium[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • fiber-optic communication's instance of is recorded as transmission medium[3].
  • fiber-optic communication's Commons category is recorded as Fiber-optic communications[4].
  • fiber-optic communication's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fiber-optic communications[5].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for fiber-optic communication include Altafiber[6], a business[7], in United States[8], founded in 1873[9], headquartered in Cincinnati[10].

Why It Matters

fiber-optic communication has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Entities named for it include Altafiber[6], a business[7], in United States[8], founded in 1873[9], headquartered in Cincinnati[10].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Instance of → transmission medium
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