Fiber Optic InterRepeater Link
<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
<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
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