- Category 5 cable is also called as cat-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.
- The cable standard provides performance of up to 100MHZ and is suitable for 10 Base-T, 100 Base-TX(Fast Ethernet), 1000 Base-T(Gigabit Ethernet), and 2.5 G Base-T
- Network cabling that consists of four twisted pairs of copper wire terminated by RJ45 connectors.
- Cat-5 cabling supports frequencies up to 100 MHZ and speeds upto 1000 Mbps.
- It can be used for ATM, token ring.
- Computers hooked up to LANs are connected using cat-5 cables, so if your'e on a LAN, most likely the cable running out of the back of your PC is cat-5.
- Cat-5 is based on the EIA/TIA 568 Commercial Building Telecommunications Wiring Standard developed by the Electronics Industries Association in 1985.
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