Tee connector

A T-piece is a connecting member that allows in most cases a branch to an existing connection. Tees are available for structures, for tube and hose connections as well as for various data transfer cable.

Pipe and hose connections

Throughout the technology for gas and liquid piping systems provides the tee a base element dar. It is a cheap and easy way to drive additional directions or to connect additional consumers. Thus, individual homes or customers, for example, connected via a T - piece to the risers for flow and return in heating. In this case, it is possible to execute the branching strand in the same or in another (usually smaller ) diameter.

In chemical laboratories tees are made ​​of glass used their production starting glass tubes takes place.

Data transmission

The tee is a fundamental link in Ethernet networks of the original bus technology that uses EAD cable as the transmission medium. The T-piece is inserted into a broken severed Thick or Thin Ethernet cable, providing the only acceptable docking site for a transponder is connecting the network card or a network device with the Ethernet. At the two " top " connectors come in either two network cables that connect to the next network device, or just a cable and a so-called terminator, which forms the physical end of the network bus.

Self-terminating tees have already installed a terminator. This is however only active when no cable is connected - but not when a cable is connected, that is cracked or not connected to a different transponder.

T- piece as a metaphor

The function of a T-piece is well suited to the metaphorical use in completely different contexts. Under Unix -like operating systems you can use about the tee command to output data outputs both as to redirect it to a file. The name is derived directly from the appearance of the stream - course diagram.