cable

A generic term used to describe a variety of coated cables, cords, tubes and wires used in electronics and a range of science fiction related equipment and machinery. This includes, but is not limited to, audio cables, power cables, video cables, data cables, and coated wires.

There is no restriction on the thickness of what can be tagged a cable, and thin coated wires should receive this tag as opposed to the wire tag. The wire tag is restricted to bare metal wires only.

Types of cables

• 8-pin PCIE power cable
• AT keyboard cable
• audio cable
• audio jack
• electric plug
• ethernet cable
• game link cable
• jumper cable
• Molex cable
• patch cable
• RCA connector
• ribbon cable
• SATA cable
• USB cable
• USB-C
• VGA cable

See also

• body tube
• cable divider
• cable tie
• frayed cable
• holding cable
• power lines
• wire

The following tags are aliased to this tag: cables, cord, electric_cable, and electrical_wire (learn more).

The following tags implicate this tag: cable_tail and holding_cable (learn more).