The world of cables and wires is filled to the brim with abbrevations. But what is the actual meaning of them? To help you making sense of the lot, we want to present your our terminology list. The most frquent abbrivations and their meaning are explained in this handy summary. This way you can differentiate the better when choosing your utp cable.
Abbreviation | Description |
UTP | Cable is not shielded (Unshielded Twisted Pair). |
STP | The jacket of the cable is shielded with a braiding (Shielded Twisted Pair). |
FTP | The jacket of the cable is shielded with a foil (Foil Twisted Pair). |
F/UTP | The jacket of the cable is shielded with a foil. |
SF/UTP | The jacket of the cable is shielded with a foil and braiding. |
S/FTP | The jacket of the cable is shielded with a braiding. The wires are shielded with foil separately. |
U/FTP | Wires are shielded with foil. |
PIMF | Pair In Metal Foil. |
LSZH | Low Smoke Zero Halogen. |
MHz | Megahertz. |
AWG | American Wire Gauge (diameter of the wire) |
CCA | Copper Clad Aluminium. |
CCS | Copper Clad Steel. |
