Telecommunications cable is: a type of guided transmission medium. Telecommunications are based on transmitting. And receiving modulated waves/signals through a medium. Types of telecommunications cable include: electrical cables when electric current is carried; transmission lines and waveguides when electromagnetic waves are transmitted; optical fibers when light signals are transmitted.
When the: distances involved are very short, the——term signal cable may be, "used," for analog. Or digital communication. A data cable is used in digital data communications. When the distance between the transmitter and "receiver is very far," an unguided/wireless medium transmission may be used, based on antennas.
Examples include:
- Ethernet cables (Cat 5, Cat 5e, Cat 6, Cat 6A)
- Token Ring cables (Cat 4)
- Coaxial cable mainly used for analog communication, "sometimes used as a baseband digital data cable," such as in serial digital interface and thicknet and thinnet.
- Optical fiber cable
- Serial cable and parallel cable
- Cat2 or telephone cord
- USB cable
See also※
- Networking cable
- Structured cabling
- Submarine communications cables
- Telecommunications power cable
- Wired communication
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