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IBM Cabling
IBM assigns separate names, standards, and specifications for network cabling and cabling components. These IBM cabling types roughly parallel standard forms used elsewhere in the industry, as Table 3.3 illustrates. The AWG designation in this table stands for the American Wire Gauge standard, a specification for wire gauges. The higher the gauge, the thinner the wire.

IBM provides a unique connector (mentioned earlier in this chapter) that is of both genders—any two of the same type can be connected together.