A transceiver converts Fiber to ethernet?

[JEDI]

i was viewing a presentation today. salesman mentioned Tranceiver. Boss asked me what a transceiver was. I said it was a converter. He said that's all it is? Then why not just call it a converter? "i dont know"

ok, now im curious, and wikipedia has failed me.

Why is it called a transceiver, instead of converter? What am i missing?

 

[racolvin]

some manufacturers call them "media converters" ... all depends on the marketing department

 

[spidey07]

Because the original AUI interface for ethernet had a transceiver to convert it into 10 Base-2, 10 Base-5, 10 Base-10 or 10 Base-T. They were called transceivers because that's what they did.

 

[bobdole369]

Because it "transmits" and "receives" - Thus a transceiver. It doesn't just convert one thing to another.

If we followed that than walkie talkies and police radios would be "voice to radio and radio to voice converters".