What are standing waves?

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Added: July 2020.

Demo showing how you can see standing waves and why these matter for communicating with optical fibres.

Suggested age range: 11+

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Data and information » Representation » Digital representation of sound

Computer Networks » Networking hardware » Network hardware devices

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