thinwire

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noun

10BASE2, a form of Ethernet using thin coaxial cable

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Meanings

nounthinwire (countable and uncountable, plural thinwires)

plural thinwires

  1. countableuncountable10BASE2, a form of Ethernet using thin coaxial cable

    Certain 3COM Ethernets allow thinwire configurations of 1000 feet per segment with 100 node taps on the segment.

    1988, Bill Hancock, Designing and implementing Ethernet networks, page 57

Origin

From thin + wire.

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