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.

A bowden cable is a type of flexible sheathed cable used to transmit mechanical force.

See also: rope, cable modem, DOCSIS

Types of cable

• coaxial cable
• twisted pair cable
• fiber optic cable
• bowden cable

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The term cable is sometimes used for the cable length, unit of measure.

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Cable is also used in reference to cable television.

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Cable (comics) is a comic book superhero in the fictional Marvel Universe.