10Base5

Noun

Meaning

10Base5 (uncountable)

Alternative form of 10BASE5

10BASE5

(computing) An early form of Ethernet cable

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

thicknet

Examples

All-in-One Networking+ Certification Exam Guide, Mike Meyers, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2004, p. 79. 10BASE5 coaxial cables had a maximum length of convert. Source: Internet

In case of a shared physical medium (such as radio or 10BASE5 ), the packets may be delivered according to a multiple access scheme. Source: Internet

Through the first half of the 1980s, Ethernet's 10BASE5 implementation used a coaxial cable convert in diameter, later called "thick Ethernet" or "thicknet". Source: Internet