Fast Ethernet
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Fast Ethernet is a family of Ethernet networking standards that provide data transfer rates of 100 megabits per second over copper or fiber-optic cabling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fast Ethernet canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T812685 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fast Ethernet Context triple: [100BASE-FX, belongsToFamily, Fast Ethernet]
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A.
100BASE‑TX
100BASE‑TX is a Fast Ethernet standard that delivers 100 Mbps data transmission over twisted-pair copper cabling, commonly used in local area networks.
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B.
10BASE-T
10BASE-T is an early Ethernet standard that transmits data at 10 Mbps over twisted-pair copper cabling using a star topology.
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C.
100BASE-FX
100BASE-FX is a Fast Ethernet standard that uses fiber-optic cabling to provide 100 Mbps full-duplex or half-duplex network connections over longer distances than copper-based variants.
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D.
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard
The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard is the foundational specification that defines wired Ethernet networking technologies, including physical media, data link layer protocols, and methods for high-speed data transmission in local and metropolitan area networks.
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E.
IEEE 802.3j
IEEE 802.3j is an amendment to the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard that defines fiber-optic physical layer specifications for 10 Mbps Ethernet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fast Ethernet Target entity description: Fast Ethernet is a family of Ethernet networking standards that provide data transfer rates of 100 megabits per second over copper or fiber-optic cabling.
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A.
100BASE‑TX
100BASE‑TX is a Fast Ethernet standard that delivers 100 Mbps data transmission over twisted-pair copper cabling, commonly used in local area networks.
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B.
10BASE-T
10BASE-T is an early Ethernet standard that transmits data at 10 Mbps over twisted-pair copper cabling using a star topology.
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C.
100BASE-FX
100BASE-FX is a Fast Ethernet standard that uses fiber-optic cabling to provide 100 Mbps full-duplex or half-duplex network connections over longer distances than copper-based variants.
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D.
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard
The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard is the foundational specification that defines wired Ethernet networking technologies, including physical media, data link layer protocols, and methods for high-speed data transmission in local and metropolitan area networks.
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E.
IEEE 802.3j
IEEE 802.3j is an amendment to the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard that defines fiber-optic physical layer specifications for 10 Mbps Ethernet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ethernet standard
ⓘ
computer networking technology ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
100BASE-T
ⓘ
IEEE 802.3u ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibleWith | 10BASE-T ⓘ |
| collisionDomainBehavior | reduced collision domain when using switches ⓘ |
| commonDeploymentPeriod |
early 2000s
ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
RJ-45 connectors (for copper variants)
ⓘ
linked to:
RJ45
|
| dataRate | 100 Mbit/s ⓘ |
| definedInStandard | IEEE 802.3u ⓘ |
| designedFor | higher throughput than 10BASE-T ⓘ |
| distanceLimit |
up to 10 km or more on some single-mode fiber variants
ⓘ
up to 2 km on 100BASE-FX multimode fiber ⓘ |
| frameSizeMaximum | 1518 bytes (without VLAN tag) ⓘ |
| frameSizeMinimum | 64 bytes ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| maintains | same 1500-byte MTU as earlier Ethernet ⓘ |
| maximumSegmentLength | 100 meters on 100BASE-TX UTP ⓘ |
| mediaDependentInterface |
MDI
ⓘ
MDI-X ⓘ |
| operatesAtLayer |
OSI Layer 1
ⓘ
linked to:
OSI physical layer
OSI Layer 2 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ethernet family
ⓘ
linked to:
Ethernet
|
| powerRequirement | does not inherently provide Power over Ethernet ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | IEEE ⓘ |
| supersededBy | Gigabit Ethernet ⓘ |
| supportsAutoNegotiation | true ⓘ |
| supportsDuplexMode |
full-duplex
ⓘ
half-duplex ⓘ |
| supportsTopology | star topology ⓘ |
| supportsVLANTagging |
IEEE 802.1Q
ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE 802.1Q series
|
| typicalUse | local area networks ⓘ |
| usesAccessMethod | CSMA/CD ⓘ |
| usesEncoding |
4B5B
ⓘ
MLT-3 ⓘ |
| usesFrameFormat | Ethernet II frame ⓘ |
| usesLineCode | NRZI (for some fiber variants) ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
Category 3 UTP cable (for 100BASE-T4)
ⓘ
Category 5 UTP cable ⓘ Category 5e UTP cable ⓘ fiber-optic cabling ⓘ twisted-pair copper cabling ⓘ |
| variant |
100BASE-BX
ⓘ
100BASE-FX ⓘ 100BASE-SX ⓘ 100BASE-T4 ⓘ 100BASE-TX ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fast Ethernet Description of subject: Fast Ethernet is a family of Ethernet networking standards that provide data transfer rates of 100 megabits per second over copper or fiber-optic cabling.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.