Copper wire and cable

A copper wire is a single electrical conductor made of copper. It can be insulated or uninsulated. A copper cable is a group of two or more copper wires...

cheaper than copper. The word "cable" is also used as ellipsis, or a short form, for "cable TV". Wire ropes are a common type of cable. A cable car is a trolley...

than copper wire, which helps prevent the cables from sagging. It is also less expensive than copper wire. It has also been successfully used in aircraft...

the 21st century, as twisted pair cables can be used more easily. Such cables are usually made of a conducting wire. Then there is some insulation, then...

conducting wire. Then there is some insulation, then there is another layer of conducting material. Finally there is the (insulating) mantle. Such cables are...

adopted, and became rare during the 21st century. 10BaseT: Cables look like thick phone cables, but with 8 copper wires instead of 2 or 4, and they go...

electrical and physical aspects of devices. In particular, it specifies how a device sends and receives information, such as using copper wires or fiber-optic...

at the same time, they can interfere with each other. A long copper wire with other wires tapped into it is an example of a bus topology. A ring ROM means...

fibers have largely replaced copper wire communications in core networks in the developed countries. Undersea cables with fibers connect the world. Most...

cables to get electricity. Home electrical systems, for example, are wired with copper for its good conducting uses. The high thermal conductivity of most...