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A fiber is a long strand of material.

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• Healthcare
• Mathematics and technology
• Places
• Other uses

Fiber or Fibre may also refer to:

Healthcare

• Dietary fiber, the portion of plant-derived food that cannot be completely digested
• Myofiber, or muscle fiber, strands of muscle tissue
• Nerve fiber, strands of nervous tissue

Mathematics and technology

• Fiber (computer science), a type of programmed instructions to a computer
• Fiber (mathematics), the set of all points in a function's domain that all map to a single given point
• Fiber laser (or fibre laser), a laser in which the active gain medium is an optical fiber doped with rare-earth elements
• Google Fiber, part of the Access division of Alphabet Inc.; provides fiber-to-the-premises service (i.e., broadband Internet and IPTV) in the United States
• Optical fiber, type of material that can transmit light over distances
  • Fiber-optic communication, process of using optical fiber to transmitting communications from one place to another

Places

• Fibre, Michigan, an unincorporated community in the United States

Other uses

• Fiber crop, plants grown for their fiber (which is then generally used in manufacturing various products)
• Moral fiber, a term used to describe the strength of a person's moral character
• Natural fiber, a type of fiber obtained from natural sources (such as plants, animals, or minerals) without synthesis
• Synthetic fiber, artificially manufactured fibers

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