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Cable
A
cable
is two or more
wires
bound together. May be protected by a sheath which covers all the wires. Cables can also act as carriers for other media, including
optical fibers
.
See also:
rope
,
cable modem
,
DOCSIS[?]
Types of cable
coaxial cable
twisted pair cable
fiber optic cable
The term
cable
is sometimes used for the
cable length
, unit of measure.
Cable
is also used in reference to
cable television
.
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