Unshielded twisted pair
<hardware> (UTP) Normal telephone wire (in the USA).
It may be used for computer to computer communications, e.g. using a version of Ethernet or localtalk.
It is much cheaper than standard "full-spec" Ethernet cable.
It comes in five "catagories":
cat.
wires
transmission 1 two voice no data (telephone cable) 2 four data up to 4 Mbps 3 four data up to 10 Mbps 4 four data up to 16 Mbps 5 four data up to 100 Mbps
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