cable

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If the vehicle becomes a fire hazard from the iPod or iPhone and the car stereo ignites in a ball of fire as the cable is the cause of it, then it would be swapped from FireWire to USB.

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  1. noun A strong, large-diameter, heavy steel or fiber rope.
  2. noun Something that resembles such steel or fiber rope.
  3. noun Electricity A bound or sheathed group of mutually insulated conductors.
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  • Although riding the cable was a hair-raising trip, it was the quickest way to transport workers from one end of the bridge to another, and once they got used to racing along a hundred feet above the channel, many said the commute was the best part of the day Providing cheap thrills, though, was the farthest thing from Garcia's mind; he also had a quick means of getting people over to Midland. —  Asimov'sSF,Jan2004
  • Additionally, the cable is the first on the market that supports 3-D video in the following formats: —  Engadget Mobile
  • A €30m contract to lay an undersea cable has been awarded to Hibernia Atlantic Limited following a competitive tender process. —  ireland.com Breaking News
  • Still, the location of the cable was a big minus for me. —  Veerle's blog: full articles
  • With the keyed locks, the thief could pick the lock in far less time than going through combinations, but again, snipping the cable is the easiest. —  MacFixIt
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  1. Middle English, from Old North French, from Late Latin capulum, lasso, from Latin capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English cable, cabel, cabylle = Middle Dutch, Dutch Middle Low German Low German Middle High German G. Swedish Danish kabel = Icelandic kadhall, from Old French cable, French câble = Spanish cable = Portuguese cabre = Italian cappio, from Middle Latin capulum, caplum, a cable, a rope, from Latin capere, take, hold: see capacious, captive, etc.
  2. from cable, n.
 

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