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Record 1 2004-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Telecommunications
DEF

An American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard for a 100 megabit-per-second LAN using optical fiber cables.

CONT

FDDI uses an architecture similar to that of IBM's token ring, and can support very large LANs, up to 500 nodes within a 100Km (62 miles) circumference.

OBS

Pronounced "fiddy."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications optiques
DEF

Interface normalisée par l'ANSI, qui est destinée à la transmission de données à grande vitesse supportée par des réseaux à câbles optiques, à topologie en anneau à jeton à sens antihoraire.

OBS

On parle du «réseau à fibre optique FDDI».

OBS

FDDI : se prononce «fidi».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Telecomunicaciones ópticas
DEF

Sistema de red de área local de alta velocidad que utiliza un par de fibras ópticas para llevar las señales digitales entre pares de estaciones dispuestas en forma de anillo.

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