Electronically continuous piece of a bus consisting of the same cable with only two devices in a point-to-point configuration.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            In Ethernet, a point to point segment that connects two and only two transceivers at its endpoints.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a cable that connects a computer to an interconnecting device, such as a repeater or concentrator, or connects a interconnecting device to another interconnecting device