Technology
How many individual wires are in a standard Ethernet cable?
8
Background
A standard Ethernet cable has exactly 8 individual wires inside. They are arranged as four twisted pairs of two wires. The twisting protects the signal from outside interference. A modern Cat 6 cable can carry up to 10 gigabits per second.
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