im going to assume your talking about computer networking which in this case would be RISER. In ceiling would be plenum
Backbone cabling
coaxial cable
fiber optic
Commonly a FIBER cable will be used to do a vertical cross-connect.
fiber
Fibre optic cabling is preferred for backbone cabling, particularly over large distances. But whichever type of cabling you use, cable that passes from floor-to-floor or through plenum areas must be fire-rated. Optical fibre non-conductive riser (OFNR) and/or optical fibre non-conductive plenum (OFNP) are the obvious choices here.
850nm laser-optimized 50/125-micron multimode fiber
The type of cabling used in houses is called Non Metallic Sheath Cabling.
In computer networking, the type of cabling that is easiest to install is coaxial cable. It is a light, inexpensive and flexible cable.
Serial
Ethernet networking typically uses category 5 or category 6 cabling.
Yes, there are Many kinds of NICs capable of using multiple cabling a 10/100 NIC is a NIC that can use both 10BaseT Cabling and 100Base Cabling