What does "straight-through" mean?

Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to the same pins at the other: pin 1 to pin 1, pin 2 to pin 2, and so on; contrasted with crossover.

Straight-through

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Of an electrical cable, having connector pins at one end wired to the same pins at the other: pin 1 to pin 1, pin 2 to pin 2, and so on; contrasted with crossover. not-comparable

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