Noun

Singular cable

Plural cables

cable (plural cables)

  1. A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
  2. An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes
  3. An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
  4. (nautical) A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship
  5. (communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables
    I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.
  6. Short for cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna
  7. A telegram, notably when send by (submarine) telegraph cable
  8. (nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile
  9. (finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (nautical rope) hawser (thinner)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • cablet

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Sun Feb 7 17:09:20 2010

A cable is two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted or braided together to form a single assembly. In mechanics cables, otherwise known as wire ropes, are used for lifting, hauling and towing or conveying force through tension. In electrical engineering cables used to carry electric currents. An optical cable contains one or more optical fibers in a protective jacket that supports the fibers.

Electric cables discussed here are mainly meant for installation in buildings and industrial sites. For power transmission at distances greater than a few kilometres see high voltage cable, power cables and HVDC.

From Wikipedia under the GNU Free Documentation License
Sun Feb 21 23:37:47 2010

How could I repair a broken cable on my laptop charger?
Q. The cable is broken between the charger box and jack (into laptop) The cable is very similar to coaxial cable or shealded cable. I cut in to accidentally when moving my car seat, the charger happened to be under the seat and laying in the runner which cut the cable. Im hoping there is a connector available to join this type of cable available. as far as I am aware the sheilding acts as a conductor i.e. the 2nd wire, there seems to be only a single insulated wire in the centre.
Asked by Brian T - Fri Jun 5 17:53:02 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Mine is starting to break, I have to jiggle it to get it to work. When it finally quits I will have to fix it. Get a sharp knife and trim back the cable covering and the sheathing an re-solder or tape them. I wouldn't worry about the shielding , just make sure no of the joints come in contact with it. You may get a hum or something, see if moving the cable to a different spot helps. Just found this video- same idea.
Answered by PhilinNWfla - Fri Jun 5 21:41:59 2009

Are cable companies obligated to provide free access to public channels?
Q. I have a cable line coming in which I hooked up to my tv. Later on, they put a filter on the line which blocked the signal to my house. Aren't cable companies by law obligated to provide public access channels for free?
Asked by Alex - Wed Sep 12 16:17:23 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Not here there not obligated, they figure that their not getting any proceeds from all the commercials. You can get it included for cheap though, like 3 bucks a month. Totally worth it if you like HDTV or have a weak channel or its storming.
Answered by Stephanie S - Thu Sep 13 00:01:08 2007

What is it that the cable guy is doing in our outside cable box?
Q. No, he's not cutting our cable tv, but we downgraded from premium services to basic. So they send a cable guy to the box to open it up, take 2 minutes and leave. What did he do? I want to know. Thanks.
Asked by wizard - Fri Aug 15 21:40:54 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. He put on a filter...so you can't get premium cable.
Answered by kitty - Fri Aug 15 21:46:41 2008

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