thinwire

English

Etymology

thin +‎ wire

Noun

thinwire (countable and uncountable, plural thinwires)

1. 10BASE2, a form of Ethernet using thin coaxial cable
   • 1988, Bill Hancock, Designing and implementing Ethernet networks, page 57:

     Certain 3COM Ethernets allow thinwire configurations of 1000 feet per segment with 100 node taps on the segment.