Glossary
Numbers and Symbols
568A/568B Standards568A and 568B are telecommunications standards from the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Electronics Industry Association (EIA). These 568 standards specify the pin arrangements for the RJ-45 connectors on UTP or STP cables. The number 568 references the order in which the wires within the UTP cable are terminated and attached to the connector.
10Base2The IEEE 802.3a specification for ethernet at 10Mbps over thin coaxial cable. The maximum length of a 10Base2 segment is 185 meters (that is, 607 feet). 10Base2 operates at 10Mbps and uses a baseband transmission method.
10Base5The IEEE 802.3 specification for 10Mbps ethernet using thick coaxial cable. The maximum length of a ...
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