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- adjective of or relating to fiber optics
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Repairs or damage to one system can disable other systems, as when a backhoe used to excavate to repair a water line breaks a fiberoptic cable, or when a broken water main floods a subway tunnel, or …
June « 2009 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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They have a ghost ring fiberoptic aperture but it has a large diameter opening.
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BTW, was quite surprised at the amount of international coverage the announcement got includingAustralia Launches Broadband Network Plan, Australia to build $31 billion fiberoptic broadband network, Australia to build $30 bln broadband network andAustralia to build $31 billion broadband network.
Big fat pipe good. Same old international bottleneck bad. « Squash 2009
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This is a fiberoptic long, thin telescope (ureteroscope) inserted through the urethra and passed through the bladder to the stone used to remove or break up (fragment) stones with a laser.
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Meanwhile, spending just $6 billion on wireless systems to extend the Internet amounts to a wise rejection of a bloated $44 billion proposal to lay fiberoptic cable to rural and underprivileged areas, says Mark Cooper, research director of Consumer Federation of America.
Experts praise Obama plans for science, technology spending 2009
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BTW, was quite surprised at the amount of international coverage the announcement got includingAustralia Launches Broadband Network Plan, Australia to build $31 billion fiberoptic broadband network, Australia to build $30 bln broadband network andAustralia to build $31 billion broadband network.
2009 April « Squash 2009
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Verizon has a huge mobile Internet operation, plus fiberoptic cables into more and more homes.
As telecom industry evolves, success of Netflix is its biggest threat 2011
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Verizon has a huge mobile Internet operation, plus fiberoptic cables into more and more homes.
As telecom industry evolves, success of Netflix is its biggest threat 2011
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Verizon has a huge mobile Internet operation, plus fiberoptic cables into more and more homes.
As telecom industry evolves, success of Netflix is its biggest threat 2011
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Examining the swallowing process as it occurs by passing a thin, flexible fiberoptic scope through the nose to a position above the voice box and watching the passage of liquids or foods when the patient swallows.
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