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=﻿﻿What is Dark-Fiber?= =Dark Fiber=
 * Dark Fiber ||  ||
 * [[image:http://media.techtarget.com/digitalguide/images/Misc/sdef_definition.gif caption="DEFINITION"]] - Dark fiber is [|optical fiber] infrastructure (cabling and [|repeater]s) that is currently in place but is not being used. Optical fiber conveys information in the form of light pulses so the "dark" means no light pulses are being sent. For example, some electric utilities have installed optical fiber cable where they already have power lines installed in the expectation that they can lease the infrastructure to telephone or cable TV companies or use it to interconnect their own offices. To the extent that these installations are unused, they are described as dark.﻿ ||
 * wiseGEEK**

**Electronic Communications Devices Projec**t
Educators are working to capitalize on student familiarization with electronic communication devices (ECDs) by incorporating them in teaching, learning, and communicating. ECDs include computers, pagers, cell phones, smartphones, portable game units, graphing calculators, and similar mechanisms. Many of these devices enable users to communicate directly or through social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and Friendster.  

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