fiber-optic communication

method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber
Product transmission_medium Q1529430
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fiber-optic communication

Summary

fiber-optic communication is a transmission medium[1]. It draws 426 Wikipedia views per month (transmission_medium category, ranking #1 of 1).[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 Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025ytn5[5].
  • fiber-optic communication's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fiber-optic communications[6].
  • fiber-optic communication's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as fiber-optic-communications[7].
  • fiber-optic communication's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 86180272[8].
  • fiber-optic communication's Golden ID is recorded as Fiber-optic_communication-W8PA5W[9].
  • fiber-optic communication's Lex ID is recorded as optisk_kommunikation[10].
  • fiber-optic communication's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C86180272[11].
  • fiber-optic communication's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 133401[12].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for fiber-optic communication include Altafiber[13], a business[14], in United States[15], founded in 1873[16], headquartered in Cincinnati[17].

Why It Matters

fiber-optic communication draws 426 Wikipedia views per month (transmission_medium category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for it include Altafiber[13], a business[14], in United States[15], founded in 1873[16], headquartered in Cincinnati[17].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . golden.com. Retrieved . golden.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). fiber-optic communication. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/fiber-optic-communication
MLA “fiber-optic communication.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/fiber-optic-communication.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_fiber-optic-communication_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{fiber-optic communication}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/fiber-optic-communication}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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