
thumb|10BASE2 cable showing the BNC connector end thumb|10BASE2 cable with a BNC T-connector thumb|right|10BASE2 cable end terminator thumb|right|EAD outlet thumb|right|Different types of T-connectors, with AAUIs (an AUI variant specific to Apple computers)
thumb|10BASE2 cable showing the BNC connector end thumb|10BASE2 cable with a BNC T-connector thumb|right|10BASE2 cable end terminator thumb|right|EAD outlet thumb|right|Different types of T-connectors, with AAUIs (an AUI variant specific to Apple computers)
10BASE2 (also known as cheapernet, thin Ethernet, thinnet, and thinwire) is a variant of Ethernet that uses thin coaxial cable terminated with BNC connectors to build a local area network. Standardized in 1984, it was the dominant Ethernet standard during the mid to late 1980s.
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