1st Edition

Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary

By J.K. Petersen Copyright 2002
1078 Pages 280 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

1078 Pages
by CRC Press

1184 Pages 280 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Within a few short years, fiber optics has skyrocketed from an interesting laboratory experiment to a billion-dollar industry. But with such meteoric growth and recent, exciting advances, even references published less than five years ago are already out of date. The Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary fills a gap in the literature by providing instructors, hobbyists, and top-level engineers with... Read more
Preface
Alphabetical listings
Numerals
Appendices:
Fiber Optics Timeline
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) ITU-T Series Recommendations
List of World Wide Web Search Engines
List of Internet Domain Name Extensions
Short List of Request for Comments (RFC)
National Associations
Dial Equivalents, Radio Alphabet, Morse Code, Metric Prefixes/Values
ASCII Character and Control Codes

Biography

Petersen, J.K.

"The Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary contains more than 10,000 entries … with very basic and clear definitions. The format makes it easy to use … The historical data, tables, and appendices make this an interesting volume …"
- E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 11, November 2004