<networking> (FOIRL) An older standard of fiber optic guides
used for carrying 10 MBps Ethernet. The maximum length of a
segment is 1 km. A FOIRL multiport repeater and
transceivers are necessary to carry the signal to multiple
devices.
The more recent version of Ethernet over fiber optic cables is
10baseFL with a maximum segment length of 2 km.
(1998-06-28)
Nearby terms:
FHS « fi « Fiber Distributed Data Interface « Fiber Optic InterRepeater Link » fiber optics » Fibonacci sequence » Fibre Channel
fiber optics definition
<spelling> US spelling of "fibre optics". See optical
fibre.
(1997-03-31)
Nearby terms:
fi « Fiber Distributed Data Interface « Fiber Optic InterRepeater Link « fiber optics » Fibonacci sequence » Fibre Channel » Fibre Channel-Arbitrated Loop