1000Base-T

A common shared media LAN technology. A LAN technology that is in wide use today utilizing CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection) to control access to the physical medium (usually a category 5 Ethernet cable). Normal throughput speeds for Ethernet are 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and 1 Gbps.
[view]

A generic term for “telephone” wire used to carry data such as 10BaseT and 100BaseT. Various categories (qualities) of cable exist that are certified for different kinds of networking technologies. A twisted-pair wire that does not include additional EMI protection. Most twisted-pair wiring is UTP.
[view]

A type of network cable that consists of four pairs of wires that are twisted around each other and then sheathed in a PVC insulator. Also called twisted-pair.
[view]

A communication medium that consists of pairs of wires that are twisted together and bound into cable.
[view]

A high-speed token-passing technology that employs two rings with traffic flowing in opposite directions. FDDI offers transmission rates of 100 Mbps and is often used as a backbone to large enterprise networks. LAN standard, defined by ANSI X3T9. 5, specifying a 100Mbps tokenpassing network using fiberoptic cable, with transmission distances of up to two kilometers. FDDI uses a dualring architecture to provide redundancy.
[view]