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1000BASE-X is a group of standards for Ethernet physical layer standards, specified within the IEEE 802.3.z standard.
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It is used for gigabit Ethernet connections that transmit data mainly over fiber optic cable, and sometimes over copper-shielded cable.
Techopedia Explains 1000BASE-X
1000BASE-X consists of various standards. These include:
The range of 1000BASE-X starts at 25 meters for copper and can be extended to 70 km with a single-mode fiber channel. All of these standards use an 8b/10b encoding scheme, in which 8 bits are used for data transmission and 2 for error correction.
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