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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


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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