Alternatively called Thin Ethernet or Thinnet, 10BASE2 is an IEEE standard for baseband Ethernet at 10 MBps over thick coaxial cable. 10BASE2 has a maximum distance of 185 meters.
Thin Ethernet is five millimeters in diameter and used to connect machines up to 1,000 feet apart.
10BASE5, 10BASE-T, 100BASE-T, Network terms
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