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FIGURE A.4
An example of ribbon cable.
Whatever you call it, it consists of two or more insulated, stranded conductors that
are positioned side by side and covered with a jacket to form a flat cable. The con-
ductors are run in parallel to each other and are not in any way twisted or paired.
Silver satin can also cause crosstalk between pairs, although the placement of the
pairs in the cable can actually provide some degree of shielding (for example, pair
1-2 and pair 7-8).
FIGURE A.5
An example of flat-jacketed cable is the common telephone cord that is used with modular RJ-
11 (style) and RJ-45 (style) connectorized equipment.
