Data cable
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A data cable is any media that allows baseband transmissions (binary 1,0's) from a transmitter to a receiver.
Examples Are:
Examples Are:
- Networking Media
- Ethernet Cables (Cat5Category 5 cableCategory 5 cable is a twisted pair cable for carrying signals. This type of cable is used in structured cabling for computer networks such as Ethernet. It is also used to carry other signals such as telephony and video. The cable is commonly connected using punch down blocks and modular connectors...
, Cat5e, Cat6Category 6 cableCategory 6 cable, commonly referred to as Cat 6, is a cable standard for Gigabit Ethernet and other network physical layers that is backward compatible with the Category 5/5e and Category 3 cable standards. Compared with Cat 5 and Cat 5e, Cat 6 features more stringent specifications for crosstalk...
, Cat6a) - Token Ring Cables (Cat4Category 4 cableCategory 4 is a description of a cable that consists of four unshielded twisted-pair wires with a data rate of 16 Mbit/s and performance of up to 20 MHz. It was used in token ring networks, 10BASE-T, 100BASE-T4, and is no longer common or used in new installations. It is used in telephone...
) - Coaxial cableCoaxial cableCoaxial cable, or coax, has an inner conductor surrounded by a flexible, tubular insulating layer, surrounded by a tubular conducting shield. The term coaxial comes from the inner conductor and the outer shield sharing the same geometric axis...
- optical fiber cable; see fiber-optic communicationFiber-optic communicationFiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber. The light forms an electromagnetic carrier wave that is modulated to carry information...
- Ethernet Cables (Cat5
- Telecommunications Cable ( Cat2 or telephone cord)