Micro USB is a miniaturized version of the USB used for connecting mobile devices such as smartphones, GPS devices, and digital cameras.

(i) The UTP is used nowadays as modern cables for Internet and they are lower in cost and installation and maintenance is easy compared to the coaxial cables.
(ii) STP is similar to UTP, but it is covered by an additional jacket to protect the wires from External interference.

A Registered Jack (RJ) is a network interface

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Coaxial cables are also used for dish TV where the setup box and the television is connected using the coaxial cable only.

Two types of twisted pair cables are Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) and Shielded Twisted pair (STP).

(i) Ethernet port is an opening which is a part of an Ethernet card.
(ii) It accepts RJ45 connector with Ethernet cable.
(iii) It is found on personal computers, laps routers, switches, hubs and modems.

The Universal Serial Bus are used to connect keyboard, mouse and other peripheral devices

There are two types of fibre optic cables available.
One is single-mode and another is Multimode.
(i) Single-mode cables are used for long distance transmission and at a high cost.
(ii) Multimode cables are used for short distance transmission at a very low cost.

(i) A cable interconnecting two devices directly is known as a null modem cable.
(ii) The crossover Ethernet cable is an example of the null modem cables.

There are many types of cables available in the networking
(i) Coaxial-cables:
(i) Coaxial cable is used to connect the television sets to home antennas.
(ii) It has a copper wire inside and insulation is covered on the top of the copper wire to provide protection to the cable.
(iii) It is very difficult to install and maintain, because they are too big to carry and replace.
(iv) This cable is used to transfer the information at 10 mbps speed. The cable is classified into thinnet and thicknet cables.
(ii) Twisted-Pair Cables:
(i) It is a type of cable with two or more insulated wires twisted together.
(ii) This twisted cable has 8 wires which are twisted to ignore electromagnetic interference.
(iii) There are two types of twisted pair cables, Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) and Shielded Twisted pair (STP).
(iii) Fiber Optics:
(i) This cable is made by using strands of glass. It uses pulses of light to send the information.
(ii) They are mainly used in Wide Area Network (WAN). These cables are placed in deep underground to avoid any damage to the cables.
(iii) There are two types of fiber optic cables available, One is single-mode another one is Multimode..
(iv) USB Cables:
(i) The Universal Serial Bus are used to connect keyboard, mouse and other peripheral devices.
(ii) Micro USB is a miniaturized version of the USB used for connecting mobile devices such as smart phones, GPS devices and digital camers.
(v) Serial and parallel cables:
(i) Before Ethernet cable was invented, the Serial and Parallel interface cables were used to connect the system to-the Internet.
(ii) They were sometime used for PC to PC networking.
(iii) E.g. RS232 cable. The serial cable send I bit at time whereas the parallel port send 8 bit at a time.
(vi) Ethernet Cables:
(i) This is a type of twisted pair cable. It is the most common type of network cable mainly used for connecting the computers or devices at home or office.
(ii) This cable connects wired devices within the local area network (LAN) for sharing the resources and accessing Internet

1. The RJ45 connector is a small plastic-cup which will be used to connect the wire inside the connector and ready to connect the internet.
2. In RJ45 the "RJ" stands for the Registered Jack and the "45" stands for the number of interface standard in the cable.
3. Each RJ45 connector has eight pins and connected to each end of the Ethernet cable.
4. Since it has 8 position, 8-contact (8P8C) modular plug, it is also known as 8P8C connector.
5. These plugs (connectors) are then inserted into Ethernet port of the network card.

6. The RJ45 connector has eight small jack inside to connect eight small wires of the patch cable and these are of eight different colors.
7. Wiring schemes specifies how the wires to be connected with RJ45 connector.
8. There are 2 wiring schemes available to terminate the twisted-pair cable on each end, which are T-568A and T-568B.
9. Although 4 pairs of wires are available in the cable, Ethernet uses only 2 pairs: Orange and Green.
10. The other 2 colors (blue and brown) can be used ISDN (or) phone connections.

(a) Speakers

(d) Mouse

(b) Monitor