1. An ANSI Optical Communications Standard that can transfer Data up to 1,062.5 Mbits per second. 2. A high speed Point-to-Point Serial data Channel standard. The Architecture has been designed so that it can be implemented with high performance Hardware that requires little real-time software management. 3. An industry standard specification for computer channel communications over a fiber optic cable. It offers data Transmission speeds from 132 Mbps to 1,062 MBPS and transmission distances for 1 to 10 Km