<s>
An	O
EAD	B-Protocol
socket	I-Protocol
was	O
a	O
network	O
connection	O
socket	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
devices	O
on	O
a	O
network	B-Protocol
segment	I-Protocol
connected	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
electrical	O
section	O
of	O
RG-58	O
coaxial	O
cable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intermediate	O
devices	O
were	O
connected	O
via	O
a	O
T	B-Protocol
piece	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
ends	O
of	O
the	O
segment	O
were	O
terminated	O
with	O
a	O
resistive	O
network	B-Protocol
terminator	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
avoid	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
drawbacks	O
with	O
10BASE2	O
over	O
BNC	B-Protocol
connectors	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
EAD	B-Protocol
socket	I-Protocol
was	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
alternatives	O
developed	O
to	O
give	O
an	O
"	O
office	O
friendly	O
"	O
network	O
connector	O
that	O
could	O
easily	O
be	O
connected	O
and	O
disconnected	O
,	O
and	O
avoided	O
the	O
risk	O
of	O
making	O
misconnections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
obsolescence	O
of	O
10BASE2	O
networks	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
mid	O
1990s	O
,	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
Ethernet	B-Protocol
over	I-Protocol
twisted	I-Protocol
pair	I-Protocol
,	O
EAD	B-Protocol
sockets	I-Protocol
became	O
obsolete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EAD	O
is	O
an	O
abbreviation	O
for	O
German	O
Ethernet-Anschlussdose	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
developed	O
from	O
TAE	B-Protocol
connectors	I-Protocol
for	O
telephony	O
applications	O
but	O
were	O
intended	O
for	O
connecting	O
coaxial	O
network	O
cables	O
like	O
10BASE2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EAD	O
cables	O
were	O
duplex	O
connections	O
replacing	O
two	O
thin-wire	O
cables	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
T-connector	B-Protocol
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
BNC	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
