First Afghan fibre optic cable connects to Tajikistan ShowAfghan President Hamid Karzai calls on a reporter at a press conference on June 1, 2009. Karzai tested a new fibre optic cable connection with Tajikistan on Wednesday in a video conference call with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon.
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Cuba to keep Internet limits after fiber optic cable ShowCubans look at computers on display in a shop in Havana. Cuba will continue to limit Internet access even after a fiber optic cable linking the island with Venezuela comes online in 2010, a top official said
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Venezuela, Cuba to start laying fiber optic cable ShowA Cuban student sets up a blog on home in Havana in May 2009. Installation of 1,630 kilometers (1,013 miles) of fiber optic cable between Cuba and Venezuela will start Wednesday, Venezuela's science and technology chief said.
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How to connect two computers via cable? ShowHow to connect two computers via cable?
You can connect two machines via a crossover cable which is very simple!
Step-by-step on how to connect two PC's via cable
This describes the procedure to connect a PC with a laptop, which...
Connecting two computers with a USB cable. ShowConnecting two computers with a USB cable.
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If you have to transfer huge files from one PC to another, using a flash disk or burning a CD-ROM can seem like a waste of time. One wise way...
S/PDIF format ShowS/PDIF format
The S/PDIF standard ("Sony/Philips Digital Interface", or SPDIF for short) is a digital audio data transfer format. It is an international standard known as "IEC-958 type II", which defines both hardware specifications (physical...
TOSLink Plug ShowTOSLink Plug
The TOSLink connector (TOShiba LINK, named for the company that created it) is an optical connector for sending audio or video data over a fibre-optic cable:
The data is transmitted using visible optical signals sent by a red LED.
Data transmission - Cabling ShowCabling types
Several physical data-transmission media are available to connect together the various devices on a network. One possibility is to use cables. There are many types of cables, but the most common are:
Coaxial cable
Double twisted...