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FIGURE 1.1
The structured wiring system.
between floors. Physical securing of the riser cable may also be different, as may be
the need for strength. For this reason, it is convenient to have terms for the two wiring
paths that easily distinguish the concepts and physical characteristics of the cable.
Station wire from the wire center to the workstation termination is simply
called horizontal wiring , a somewhat logical name, as most of the wire run is hori-
zontal across a single floor of a building. (Actually, it is probably running horizon-
tally in the ceiling tiles, ignoring the small vertical drops down the wall to the
 
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