10BASE2

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10BASE2 is an older Ethernet standard that uses thin coaxial cable to provide 10 Mbps networking over relatively short distances in a bus topology.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of 10BASE2 (10BASE2 is an older Ethernet standard that uses thin coaxial cable to provide 10 Mbps networking over relatively short distances in a bus topology.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
10BASE2 canonical 2
Thin Ethernet 1
Thinnet 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ethernet standard ⓘ
IEEE 802.3 physical layer specification ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cheapernet ⓘ
linked to: MILNET

Thin Ethernet ⓘ
linked to: 10BASE2

Thinnet ⓘ
linked to: 10BASE2

Thinwire Ethernet ⓘ
linked to: 10BASE2
basebandOrBroadband baseband ⓘ
cableImpedance 50 ohms ⓘ
collisionDomain shared ⓘ
connectorType BNC connector ⓘ
dataRate 10 Mbit/s ⓘ
designedFor local area networks ⓘ
encodingScheme Manchester encoding ⓘ
layerInOSIModel physical layer ⓘ
maximumFrameSize 1518 bytes ⓘ
maximumNetworkLength 3035 feet ⓘ
925 meters ⓘ
maximumNumberOfSegments 5 ⓘ
maximumRepeaters 4 ⓘ
maximumSegmentLength 185 meters ⓘ
607 feet ⓘ
maximumStationsPerSegment 30 ⓘ
minimumDistanceBetweenTaps 0.5 meters ⓘ
1.5 feet ⓘ
minimumFrameSize 64 bytes ⓘ
nameMeaning 10 for 10 Mbit/s ⓘ
2 approximating 200 meters maximum segment length ⓘ
BASE for baseband ⓘ
obsoleteStatus largely obsolete ⓘ
partOfFamily 10 Mbit/s Ethernet ⓘ
preambleLength 56 bits ⓘ
predecessor 10BASE5 ⓘ
requiresContinuousCableRun yes ⓘ
requiresTermination yes ⓘ
requiresTerminatorAtEachEnd yes ⓘ
sfdLength 8 bits ⓘ
standardizationYear 1985 ⓘ
standardizedIn IEEE 802.3a ⓘ
successor 10BASE-T ⓘ
supportsBusWiring yes ⓘ
supportsHalfDuplex yes ⓘ
susceptibleToSinglePointFailure yes ⓘ
terminatorImpedance 50 ohms ⓘ
topology bus topology ⓘ
typicalUseEra 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
usesCSMACD yes ⓘ
usesMedium RG-58 coaxial cable ⓘ
thin coaxial cable ⓘ
usesTConnectorsAtStations yes ⓘ
usesVampireTaps no ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

IEEE 802.3 → defines → 10BASE2 ⓘ
subject linked to: IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard
10BASE2 → alsoKnownAs → Thin Ethernet ⓘ
linked to: 10BASE2
10BASE2 → alsoKnownAs → Thinnet ⓘ
linked to: 10BASE2
10BASE2 → alsoKnownAs → Thinwire Ethernet ⓘ
linked to: 10BASE2
IEEE 802.3j → relatedTo → 10BASE2 ⓘ