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cable

A physical transmission medium that has a central conductor of wire or fiber surrounded by a plastic jacket.

cable map

General network documentation indicating each cable's source and destination as well as where each network cable runs.

cable modem

A device used to interconnect computing and networking equipment, via Ethernet, with a television cable company's data network through the same cable circuit used to deliver television programming. The standard for data communications over the cable television network is known as the data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS).

cable tester

A special instrument that is used to test the integrity of LAN cables. See also time-domain reflectometer (TDR).

call setup

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