Broadband vs. Cable — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Broadband and Cable
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Broadband
In telecommunications, broadband is wide bandwidth data transmission which transports multiple signals and traffic types. The medium can be coaxial cable, optical fiber, radio, twisted pair or satellite.
Cable
A strong, large-diameter, heavy steel or fiber rope.
Broadband
Of or relating to high-bandwidth data transmission.
Cable
Something that resembles such steel or fiber rope.
Broadband
Of or relating to data transmission that uses multiple channels so that multiple pieces of data can be transmitted simultaneously.
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Cable
(Electricity) A bound or sheathed group of mutually insulated conductors.
Broadband
Any of several technologies that allow rapid transmission of data, as by using multiple channels simultaneously.
Cable
A sheathed bundle of optical fibers.
Broadband
(telecommunications) Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies
Cable
A heavy rope or chain for mooring or anchoring a ship.
Broadband
(telecommunications) A wide band of electromagnetic frequencies
Cable
A cable length.
Broadband
(Internet) An internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or cable modem.
Cable
Cable television.
Broadband
Of or relating to or being a communications network in which the bandwidth can be divided and shared by multiple simultaneous signals (as for voice or data or video)
Cable
A similar service providing internet access.
Broadband
Responding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies;
A broadband antenna
Cable
A cablegram.
Cable
Of or relating to a subscription television or internet service that uses cables to carry signals between local distribution antennas and the subscriber's location.
Cable
To send a cablegram to.
Cable
To transmit (a message) by telegraph.
Cable
To supply or fasten with a cable or cables.
Cable
To send a cablegram.
Cable
(material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
Cable
A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
Cable
An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
Cable
An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
Cable
(nautical) A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
Cable
(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.
Cable
(TV) cable television, broadcast over the above network, not by antenna.
Cable
A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
Cable
(nautical) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
Cable
100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
Cable
(finance) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
Cable
(architecture) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
Cable
(knitting) A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
Cable
(transitive) To provide with cable(s)
Cable
(transitive) To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
Cable
(transitive) To wrap wires to form a cable
Cable
(transitive) To send a telegram, news, etc., by cable
Cable
(intransitive) To communicate by cable
Cable
To ornament with cabling.
Cable
(knitting) To create cable stitches.
Cable
A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.
Cable
A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
Cable
A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; - called also cable molding.
Cable
To fasten with a cable.
Cable
To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
Cable
To telegraph by a submarine cable
Cable
A telegram sent abroad
Cable
A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
Cable
A very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
Cable
A nautical unit of depth
Cable
Television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
Cable
A television system transmitted over cables
Cable
Send cables, wires, or telegrams
Cable
Fasten with a cable;
Cable trees
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