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69:Description
918:Categories
834:Interfaces
768:Industrial
748:Automotive
727:Long Reach
649:First mile
613:IEEE 802.3
504:family of
364:2018-02-18
314:References
195:heat sinks
153:scheme. A
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717:100BaseVG
692:10BASE-FL
687:10BASE-FB
682:10BROAD36
582:EtherType
890:Category
665:Historic
654:10G-EPON
502:Ethernet
459:June 16,
454:EE Times
433:June 16,
389:June 16,
337:June 16,
296:See also
132:Broadcom
902:Commons
753:Carrier
702:10BASE2
697:10BASE5
677:StarLAN
672:CSMA/CD
644:Coaxial
565:General
216:Height
811:XENPAK
597:Jumbos
592:Frames
514:Speeds
304:(GBIC)
286:XENPAK
238:Depth
227:Width
109:OC-192
866:XGMII
778:Power
773:Metro
743:Audio
712:FOIRL
634:Fiber
627:Media
427:(PDF)
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331:(PDF)
251:Types
871:XAUI
861:GMII
801:GBIC
461:2011
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308:QSFP
208:XFP
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851:MDI
846:EAD
841:AUI
825:CFP
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707:MAU
263:or
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