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Straight-Through Cable

nounid 4254·updated May 9, 2026
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A straight-through cable is where the pins on one side of the connector are wired to the same pins on the other end. It is used for interconnecting nodes on the network.

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Entity Type

Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Straight-Through Cables
possessive
Straight-Through Cable's
pluralpossessive
Straight-Through Cables'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
A straight-through cable is where the pins on one side of the connector are wired to the same pins on the other end. It is used for interconnecting nodes on the network.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A straight-through cable is where the pins on one side of the connector are wired to the same pins on the other end. It is used for interconnecting nodes on the network.
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