[[Image:AAUI examples.jpg|thumb|right|Different types of T-connectors, with [[AAUI]]s (an AUI variant specific to [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] computers)]]
'''10BASE2''' (also known as '''''cheapernet''''',<ref>https{{cite web |url=http://wwwbitsavers.jamecotrailing-edge.com/Jamecocomponents/Productsnational/ProdDS_appNotes/2287975AN-0442.pdf |title=Ethernet/Cheapernet Physical Layer Made Easy with DP8391/92 |author=Alex Djenguerian |date=June 1986 |publisher=National Semiconductor |access-date=2019-08-13}}</ref>,'''''thin Ethernet''''', '''''thinnet''''', and '''''thinwire''''') is a variant of [[Ethernet]] that uses thin [[coaxial cable]] terminated with [[BNC connector]]s. During the mid to late 1980s this was the dominant 10 Mbit/s Ethernet standard, but due to the immense demand for high speed networking, the low cost of [[Category 5 cable]], and the popularity of [[802.11]] wireless networks, both 10BASE2 and [[10BASE5]] have become increasingly [[obsolete]], though devices still exist in some locations.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.l-com.com/content/Article.aspx?Type=P&ID=10042 |title=L-com Introduces Commercial-Grade Thinnet (10Base-2) and Thicknet (10Base-5) Converters for Legacy Installs |date=2012-06-11 |publisher=L-com, Inc. |accessdate=2012-07-01}}</ref> As of 2011, [[IEEE 802.3]] has [[deprecated]] this standard for new installations.<ref>IEEE 802.3-2012 ''10. Medium attachment unit and baseband medium specifications, type 10BASE2''</ref>
