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