Twisted-pair cable

Twisted-pair cable A type of cable that consists of two independently insulated wires twisted around one another. The use of two wires helps to reduce crosstalk and electromagnetic induction. While twisted-pair cable is used by older telephone networks and is the least expensive type of local-area network (LAN) cable, most networks contain some twisted-pair cabling at some point along the network. Other types of cables used for LANs include coaxial cables and fiber optic cables. back