Glossary
- 10BASE-T
An Ethernet specification defined by the IEEE 802.3 committee officially as specification 802.3i. The specification describes a 10Mbps wire speed using baseband information. The specification requires a star topology using Category 3, 4, or 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable.
- 100BASE-T
An Ethernet IEEE 802.3u specification utilizing a wire speed of 100Mbps using Category 5 UTP cable.
- AC cable
AC (armored cable) is identified by the code name AC cable. AC cable is often referred to as BX, although this is the trademark of a specific manufacturer. Armor clad and metal clad (MC) might sound like the same cable, but some important differences exist. AC cable uses the interior bond wire in combination with the exterior interlocked ...
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