Cable may refer to:

Mechanical

Nautical cable A nautical cable is a band of tightly woven and clamped ropes, of a defined cable length, used during the age of sail for deep water anchoring, heavy lifting, ship to ship transfers and towing during blue sea sailing and other uses. Waterproof l ...

, an assembly of three or more ropes woven against the weave of the ropes, rendering it virtually waterproof *

Wire rope Steel wire rope (right hand lang lay) Wire rope is several strands of metal wire twisted into a helix forming a composite ''rope'', in a pattern known as ''laid rope''. Larger diameter wire rope consists of multiple strands of such laid rope in a ...

, a type of rope that consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a helix **

Arresting cable An arresting gear, or arrestor gear, is a mechanical system used to rapidly acceleration, decelerate an aircraft as it landing, lands. Arresting gear on aircraft carriers is an essential component of naval aviation, and it is most commonly used ...

, part of a system used to rapidly decelerate an aircraft as it lands ** Bowden cable, a mechanical cable for transmitting forces *

Rope A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have tensile strength and so can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly ...

generally, especially a thick, heavy ("cable laid") variety

Transmission

Electrical cable An electrical cable is an assembly of one or more wires running side by side or bundled, which is used to carry electric current. One or more electrical cables and their corresponding connectors may be formed into a ''cable assembly'', which ...

, an assembly of one or more wires which may be insulated, used for transmission of electrical power or signals **

Coaxial cable Coaxial cable, or coax (pronounced ) is a type of electrical cable consisting of an inner conductor surrounded by a concentric conducting shield, with the two separated by a dielectric ( insulating material); many coaxial cables also have a p ...

, an electrical cable comprising an inner conductor surrounded by a flexible, tubular insulating layer, coated or surrounded by a tubular conducting shield ** Power cable, a cable used to transmit electrical power **

Submarine communications cable A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the sea bed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean and sea. The first submarine communications cables laid beginning in the 1850s carried tel ...

, a cable laid on the sea bed to carry telecommunication signals between land-based stations *

Fiber-optic cable A fiber-optic cable, also known as an optical-fiber cable, is an assembly similar to an electrical cable, but containing one or more optical fibers that are used to carry light. The optical fiber elements are typically individually coated with ...

, a cable containing one or more optical fibers

Communication by cable

Cable television Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with broa ...

, a system of providing television programs to consumers via electrical cables *

Cablegram Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas p ...

(also known as a telegram or just a "cable"), a text message transmitted via electrical telegraph ** Diplomatic cable, a confidential text message exchanged between a diplomatic mission and the foreign ministry of its parent country

Places

* Cable Street, London, UK *

Cable, Illinois Cable is an unincorporated community in Richland Grove Township, Mercer County, Illinois, and is located south of Sherrard. Geography Cable is located at (41.28306, −90.50722). Demographics Notable people *Baby Doll Jacobson, MLB outfie ...

, an unincorporated community in Mercer County, Illinois *

Cable, Ohio Cable is an unincorporated community in central Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43009. Cable was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn t ...

, an unincorporated community in Champaign County, Ohio *

Cable, Minnesota Cable is an unincorporated community in Haven Township, Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States. The community is between Clear Lake and St. Cloud along U.S. Highway 10 U.S. Route 10 or U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) is an east–we ...

, an unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota * Cable, Wisconsin, a town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin *

Cable (CDP), Wisconsin Cable is an unincorporated, census-designated place located in the town of Cable, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States. The community is located northeast of the city of Hayward on U.S. Highway 63. Cable has a post office A post o ...

, an unincorporated community within Cable, Wisconsin * Cable Building (New York City)

Music

Cable (British band) Cable were an English indie rock band originally from Derby, who released three studio albums: ''Down-Lift the Up-Trodden'' (1996), ''When Animals Attack'' (1997) and ''Sub-Lingual'' (1999) on Infectious Records. The band split up in 1999, bef ...

, a British alternative rock band * Cable (American band), an American metalcore band * The Cables, a Jamaican rocksteady/reggae group

Other uses

* Cable (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *

Cable (foreign exchange) The term cable is a slang term used by forex traders to refer to the exchange rate between the pound sterling and US dollar. The term originated in the mid-19th century, when the exchange rate between the US dollar and sterling began to be transmit ...

, the British pound/US dollar currency pair rate * Cable knitting, a style of knitting in which textures of crossing layers are achieved by permuting stitches *

Cable length A cable length or length of cable is a nautical unit of measure equal to one tenth of a nautical mile or approximately 100 fathoms. Owing to anachronisms and varying techniques of measurement, a cable length can be anywhere from 169 to 220 metres ...

, a unit of distance related to the nautical mile * Cable (character), a superhero in Marvel Comics *

TheCable TheCable is an independent online newspaper in Nigeria. It was launched on April 29, 2014 by Simon Kolawole, the former editor of the This Day newspaper. Its publisher Cable Newspaper Ltd was established on November 29, 2011. Kolawole is a Cheven ...

, a Nigerian online newspaper * ''Cable'' (comic book), several comics series featuring the Marvel character * USS ''Cable'' (ARS-19), a US Navy rescue and salvage ship * USS ''Frank Cable'' (AS-40), a US Navy submarine tender *

Cable knot In the mathematical theory of knots, a satellite knot is a knot that contains an incompressible, non boundary-parallel torus in its complement. Every knot is either hyperbolic, a torus, or a satellite knot. The class of satellite knots include co ...