STP cable

Short for Shielded Twisted-Pair cable, STP is a type of cable originally developed by IBM for Token Ring that consists of two individual wires wrapped in a foil shielding to help provide a more reliable data communication.

Also see: Network definitions, Twisted-Pair, Ground loops, STP, UTP cable

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