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- noun
IEEE 802.3Ethernet standard using a type of cable called Thick Ethernet or RG-8 which is thick and yellow and has markings at every 2.5 meters, which designation means the following: (1) the cable transmission speed is 10Mbps , (2) the transmission is inbaseband , and (3) the length of the cable should be no more than 500 meters.
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A large hospital can easily have over 200 of these unconnected systems installed on Cat 5 twisted pair, thinnet (10Base-T) and even thicknet (10Base5) coax cable.
Medical Connectivity 2008
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