Acronym for Unshielded Twisted Pair.
A type of data cable that has four pairs of wires that are each twisted together
This cable comes in many categories, the most common of which is Category 5 cable, which is commonly used in 10BaseT and 100BaseT networking.
| Category | Wires | Rating | 1 | Two | Voice, no data (telephone cable) | 2 | Four | Data up to 4Mbps | 3 | Four | Data up to 10Mbps | 4 | Four | Data up to 16Mbps | 5 | Four | Data up to 100Mbps | 5e | Four | Data up to 1000Mbps
Category 6 is shielded. (Someone in the know please confirm this)
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