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• Cable category (cat): Defines network cable capabilities, based on its frequency range, bandwidth, and data transfer rates (DTRs).
• Cache memory: A special purpose storage for a variety of uses, including staging instructions, preloading data, or buffering data or instructions before use.
• Category 3 cable (CAT 3): A an eight-wire (4 wire pairs) UTP cable capable of 10 Mbps DTR and 16Mhz bandwidth.
• Category 5 cable (CAT 5): A four-pair (8 wire) UTP cable that supports both 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps data speeds and a bandwidth of 100 MHz on an Ethernet network.
• Category 5 enhanced cable (CAT 5e): This enhancement of the CAT 5 standard reduced channel crosstalk and extended its data speed to 1 Gbps and with 100 MHz bandwidth on an Ethernet network.
• Category 6 augmented cable (CAT 6a): An enhancement of CAT 6 raises the DTR to 10 Gbps and the bandwidth to 500 MHz.
• Category 6 cable (CAT...