A comprehensive, standards-based system of cabling and associated hardware that provides a flexible telecommunications infrastructure. It organizes building wiring into manageable subsystems, typically terminating horizontal runs from wall plates into patch panels in a central distribution frame or telecommunications room. This design allows technicians to change network topologies simply by moving patch cords rather than pulling new cables.
Heard on the job
The new office fit-out includes full structured wiring, so every desk gets two Cat 6 drops home-run to the main distribution frame.
Also heard as
- structured cabling