Electrical Engineering Glossary Definition for CAT5

Definition

Category 5: Refers to Ethernet cabling that satisfies the criteria for the EIA/TIA-568 standard's Category 5, which allows data transfers up to 100Mbps.

Synonyms

• cat 5
• Category 5

See Also

• CAT3
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