Cable (disambiguation)
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A cable is two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted, or braided together to form a single assembly.
Cable may also refer to:
Mechanical
- Wire rope, a type of rope which consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a helix
- Bowden cable, a mechanical cable for transmitting force
- Flexible shaft, the rotational analogue of Bowden cable; transmits torque
- Cable, a thick, heavy (cable laid) rope
Electrical and telecommunications
- Cable television, a system of providing television programs to consumers via electrical cables
- Cable Internet access, a form of broadband Internet access that uses the cable television infrastructure
- Cablegram (also known as a telegram or just a "cable"), a text message transmitted via electrical telegraph
- Diplomatic cable, a confidential text message exchanged between a diplomatic mission and the foreign ministry of its parent country
- Coaxial cable, an electrical cable comprising an inner conductor surrounded by a flexible, tubular insulating layer, surrounded by a tubular conducting shield
- Optical fiber cable, a cable containing one or more optical fibers
- Power cable, a cable used to transmit electrical power
- Submarine communications cable, a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean
Places
- Cable, London, London Bridge, London, UK
United States
- Cable, California
- Cable, Wisconsin, a town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin
- Cable (CDP), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community within Cable, Wisconsin
Music
- Cable (British band), a British alternative rock band
- Cable (American band), an American metalcore band
- The Cables, a Jamaican rocksteady/reggae group
Other uses
- Cable (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
- Cable (foreign exchange), the British pound/US dollar currency pair rate
- Cable knitting, a style of knitting in which textures of crossing layers are achieved by permuting stitches
- Cable length, a unit of distance related to the nautical mile
- Cable skiing, a way to water ski where the skier's rope and handle are pulled by an electrically driven cable
- Cable (comics), a superhero in Marvel Comics
- USS Cable (ARS-19), a United States Navy rescue and salvage ship
- USS Frank Cable (AS-40), a United States Navy submarine tender
- Battle of Cable Street
See also
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