Glossary of Internet Terms

©2007 by Walt Howe

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10base2
An ethernet standard for cable. The 10 refers to its 10 Mbps bandwidth, the base to single channel baseband, and the 2 to its 200 meter effective range.
It uses thin coaxial cable.
10baseT
An ethernet standard for cable. The 10 refers to its 10 Mbps bandwidth, the base to single channel baseband, and the T to Twisted pair. The cable uses two pairs of unshielded twisted wires.

3G, 4G, 5G
Three generation of cell phone connections. 3G is disappearing as 5G replaces it.

404 error
Error returned by a browser when it is unable to connect to a remote address.

(last updated 22 October 2012)