Glossary

Terms and abbreviations from the environment of SIMATIC^® NET:

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Term	Meaning	Explanation
100BaseFX		Fast Ethernet standard for data transmission on glass fiber-optic cables
100BaseT		Fast Ethernet standard
100BaseVG		A specification for 100 Mbit/s networks. This is based on the demand priority access procedure which is totally incompatible to CSMA/CD. 100BaseVG is also speci fied for telephone cable (voice grade). 100BaseVG has never been able to penetrate the market.
10Base2		Standard for the transmission of 10 Mbit/s Ethernet on thin coaxial cables; segment length 185 m
10Base5		Standard for the transmission of 10 Mbit/s Ethernet on coaxial cables (yellow cable); segment length 500 m
10BaseFL		Standard for the transmission of 10 Mbit/s Ethernet on glass fiber cables (fiber link)
10BaseT		Standard for the transmission of 10 Mbit/s Ethernet on twisted pair cables