Cable Type	1. Signal Transmitted	2. Cabling Standard and Specifications	3. Type of Connectors or Terminators	4. Maximum Length used for Standard Cabling	5. Purpose or Usage in Networking
Twisted Pair	Electrical signals in the form of analog or digital electrical pulses. Commonly used for ethernet networking and telephone lines.	Cat 3 - 10Mbps X Cat 5-100 Mbps - Fast E Cat 5e-1000 Mbps Cat 6-1 Gbps-Gigabit E Cat 6a - 10Gbps Cat 7- Not in TIA/EIA std Cat 8-25-40Gbps	RJ45 for Ethernet connections and RJ11 for telephone.	100M	Commonly used in local area networks (LANs)
Coaxial Cable	Cable television and CCTV	Common standards include RG-6 and RG-59	F-type connectors for cable television and BNC connectors for networking.	100M	Cable television distribution and certain networking applications.
Fiber Optics	Transmit data using pulses of light through a glass or plastic core	Common standards like Single-mode (OS1, OS2) and Multi-mode (OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4, OM5)	Common connectors include SC, LC, and ST connectors	Single-mode fibers capable of extending to tens of kilometers without signal degradation.	Used for long-distance telecommunications, high-speed internet backbones, and data center connections due to their high bandwidth and long-distance capabilities.