What is Vampire tap?
{{no sources|date=January 2024}} A '''vampire tap''' is a connection to a [[coaxial cable]] in which a hole is drilled through the outer shield of the cable so that a [[clamp]] can be connected to the inner [[Electrical conductor|conductor]] of the cable. A '''vampire tap''' is used to connect each device to [[Thick net]] coaxial cable in the [[bus topology]] of an [[Ethernet]] 10BASE-T local area network. [[Category:Computer hardware]] {{tech-stub}}