City & Guilds - Answers Expert in vocational qualifications, focusing on practical skills.
Fibre Optic Cabling - Answers Installation, termination, and testing of fibre optic cables.
Total Comms Training - Answers Leading UK training provider offering various courses.
Optical Fibres - Answers Microscopic glass fibres for transmitting light signals over long distances.
Total Internal Reflection (TIR) - Answers Phenomenon where light is reflected within a medium at an
angle greater than the critical angle.
Photophone - Answers Light telephone patented by Alexander Graham Bell.
Laser - Answers Light Amplified Stimulated Emitted Radiation, a source of coherent light.
Silica Fibre Optic - Answers Pure silica used as a transmission medium for fibre optics.
Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) - Answers Technology for increasing bandwidth over existing
fibre optic networks.
Attenuation - Answers Reduction in signal strength over a distance in fibre optic cables.
Bandwidth - Answers Capacity of a communication channel to transmit data.
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) - Answers Disturbances caused by electromagnetic radiation
affecting signal transmission.
Lightning - Answers Atmospheric discharge of electricity causing electromagnetic interference.
Duplex - Answers Communication system allowing two-way data transmission.
Repeater - Answers Device used to regenerate or replicate signals in long-distance communication.
Patch Panel - Answers Device used for cable management and organization in networking.
Enclosure - Answers Protective casing for housing and securing network equipment.
Splicing - Answers Joining two optical fibres to create a continuous signal path.
Binary Code - Answers Digital representation using only two symbols, typically 0 and 1.
Voice/Telephony - Answers Transmission of voice signals over a communication network.
Internet - Answers Global network connecting computers and devices for information exchange.
Data - Answers Information in a form suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing.
Micrometres (µm) - Answers Unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter.
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