文档介绍：Lennie Lightwave’s
Guide To Fiber Optics
VDV Works Presents Lennie Lightwave’s New Guide to Fiber Optics
Lennie has been involved in fiber optics since he first went to “Fiber U”
- Fotec’s fiber optic installer conference in 1993. Lennie is now working
with “VDV Works,” pany that provides training, training materials and
web content on fiber optics, structured cabling, working and
munications.
This guide is the e of more than 25 years of experience in fiber
optics from Lennie and the VDV Works staff.
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Lennie Lightwave’s Guide To Fiber Optics Lennie Lightwave’s Guide To Fiber Optics
Table Of Contents
Section 1: Jargon
Section 2: Basics
Section 3: Fiber
Section 4: Cable
Section 5: Terminations
Section 6: Networks
Section 7: Estimating
Section 8: Test
Section 9: Training
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Lennie Lightwave’s Guide To Fiber Optics Lennie Lightwave’s Guide To Fiber Optics
Section 1: Jargon
What is fiber optics?
Picture sending signals zipping along from one location to another in the form of light guided through thin
fibers of glass or plastic. These signals can be analog or digital - voice, data or video information and fiber
can transport more information longer distances in less time than any copper wire.
It’s powerful and fast, fast, fast!
First get to know the language - the “jargon”- here’s a list of terms you should get to know:
Metric System: Fiber Optics, as a universal technology, utilizes the metric system as the standard form of
measurement. Several of th