NET140 chp5 (cabling) set2

Front

A twist-and-lock connector used with coaxial cable, common in older video and network setups.

Back

BNC connector

Front

A cable with two inner conductors used for high-speed connections (like between servers and switches).

Back

Twinaxial cable (twinax)

Front

A pre-terminated Twinax cable with built-in transceivers on both ends.

Back

DAC (direct attach copper) cable

Front

A cable with pairs of wires twisted together to reduce interference.

Back

Twisted-pair cable

Front

Ethernet standard that supports speed of up to 100Mbps.

Back

Fast ethernet

Front

Ethernet that supports speeds of 1GBps.

Back

Gigabit ethernet

Front

How tightly the wire pairs are twisted in a twisted-pair cable.

Back

Twist ratio

Front

A type of twisted-pair cable rated for 100Mbps networks.

Back

Cat 5 (category 5)

Front

An improved version of Cat 5, supports up to 1Gbps ethernet.

Back

Cat 5e (enhanced category 5)

Front

A twisted-pair cable standard that supports up to 10Gbps over short distances (up to 55 meters).

Back

Cat 6 (category 6)