Abbreviation of
Fiber Distributed Data Interface, a set of
ANSI protocols for sending
digital data over
fiber optic cable. FDDI networks are token-passing networks, and
support data rates of up to 100
Mbps (100 million
bits) per second. FDDI networks are typically used as backbones for wide-area networks.
An extension to FDDI, called FDDI-2, supports the transmission of voice and video information as well as data. Another variation of FDDI, called FDDI Full Duplex Technology (FFDT) uses the same network infrastructure but can potentially support data rates up to 200 Mbps.