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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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