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'''Cable''' may refer to a conduit for the passage of data, or more generally to the [[broadcast]] [[medium]] by which television shows are sent to subscribing customers through RCA coaxial cables. "Cable TV," in this fashion, is one of the more popular forms of [[television]] dissemination, and is in competition with [[satellite]]-based television.
'''Cable''' may refer to a conduit for the passage of data, or more generally to the [[broadcast]] [[medium]] by which television shows are sent to subscribing customers through RCA coaxial cables. '''"[[Cable TV]],"''' in this fashion, is one of the more popular forms of [[television]] dissemination, and is in competition with [[satellite]]-based television.
By [[June]] 2009, [[digital television]] broadcasts will completely replace analog broadcast television, making cable TV the oldest functioning broadcasting medium.
By [[June]] 2009, [[digital television]] broadcasts will completely replace analog broadcast television, making cable TV the oldest functioning broadcasting medium.
[[category:Electronics]]
==Cable as "Wire"==
The term ''cable'' is also used to mean a bundle of [[wire]] strands, e.g. 'multistranded wire' - which is more correctly called a cable in [[electricity]] or a wire rope in [[mechanics]].
==See also==
* [[Ethernet]] versus [[Wireless]]/[[WiFi]]
* [[Category 5 cable]]
* [[Electricity]]
* [[Wire]]
* [[Wire gauge]]
* [[Amateur radio glossary]]
* [[Barbed wire]]
* [[Chicken wire]]
==References==
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==Further reading==
* R. M. Black, ''The History of Electric Wires and Cables'', Peter Pergrinus, London 1983 ISBN 0-86341-001-4
* BICC Cables Ltd, "Electric Cables Handbook", WileyBlackwell; London 3rd Edition 1997, ISBN 0-632-04075-0
* [http://telecom-info.telcordia.com/site-cgi/ido/docs.cgi?ID=SEARCH&DOCUMENT=GR-421& GR-421-CORE], ''Generic Requirements for Metallic Telecommunications Cables,'' Telcordia.
==External links==
* [http://www.dsmt.com/resources/cable-jacket-types-explained Cable Jacket Types Explained w/ Reference Chart]
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