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Fiber: The indigestible residue found mainly in fruits, vegetables and cereals.

Hybrid Fiber-Coxaial (HFC): Older CATV systems were provisioned using only coaxial cable. Modern systems use fiber transport from the headend to an optical node located in the neighborhood to reduce system noise. Coaxi . . . View Full Definition

Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI): A standard for transmitting data on optical fiber cables at a rate of around 100,000,000 bits-per-second (10 times as fast as Ethernet, about twice as fast as T-3).

Food And Fiber System: That sector of the U.S. economy that includes agricultural production and all economic activities supporting or utilizing that production, including farm machinery and chemical production, a . . . View Full Definition

Fiber Optic: Using fine, transparent lines for the transmission of data, digitally encoded into pulses of light. In terms of telephone conversations, a 1-2 copper cable can transmit about 25 conversation . . . View Full Definition

Fiber Based Paper: Photographic paper without a resin coating. Processing times are longer than for other papers, but the paper is more archivally permanent.

Carbon Fiber: A high-tech material available in many motorcycle applications due to its high rigidity and low weight which can allow improvements in the power-to-weight ratio and suspension response of th . . . View Full Definition

Muscle Fibers: Long, multinucleated cells found in skeletal muscles; made up of myofibrils. One of the four major groups of vertebrate cell/tissue types. Muscle cells contract/relax, allowing movement of a . . . View Full Definition

Insipid: A taste taint giving the coffee brew a lifeless character, due to a loss of organic material in the coffee bean. Result of oxygen and moisture penetrating the bean fiber after roasting.

Stale: A taste fault that gives the coffee brew an unpleasant taste. Result of moisture and oxygen penetrating the bean fiber and adversely affecting the organic material that remains in the coffee . . . View Full Definition