Computer Cables

A cable is a one or more wires covered in a plastic covering that connects a computer to a
power source or other device. Cable alternatively referred to as a cord connection or plug.
There are two main types of computer cables, data cable and power cable.
A data cable is a cable that provides communication between devices. For example, data that
connects monitor to computer and allows the computer to display a picture on the monitor. Other
examples of data cables include the CAT, IDE/EIDE, SATA and USB cables.
A power cable is any cable that powers the device. For example, the power card that connects to
the computer and Molex Style cable inside the computer are both good example of power cables.

Networking cables:
Networking cables are used to connect one network device two or more computers to
share printers, scanner etc.
Different types of network cables like:
1. Co-axial cables
2. Optical Fiber cables
3. Twisted pair cables – are used depending on the network’s topology, protocol and size.
The device can be separated by a few meters or nearly unlimited distance.
Twisted pair cubing is a farm of wiring in which pairs of wires (The forward and return
conductors of a single circuit) are twisted together for the purposes of canceling out
electromagnetic Inference (EMI) from other wire pairs and from external sources. This type of
cables is used for home corporate and Ethernet networks.
There are two types of twisted pair cables-
i. Shielded Twisted pair (STP)
ii. Unshielded Twisted pair (UTP)
Modern Ethernet cables use UTP wiring due to its lower cast, which STP cabling due to its lower
cast, which STP wiring be found in some other types of networks such as FDDI.

Fiber Optic Cable :

An optical fiber cable consisting of a center glass core surrounded by several layers of
protective material. These network cables are bendable despite being made of glass. The outer
insulating jacket is made of glass. The outer insulating jacket is made of Teflon or PVC to prevent
interference.
Two primary types of fiber optical cables industry standards are defined single-mode (100
BaseBX standard) and multimode (100 BaseBX standard). Long distance telecommunications
networks more commonly use single mode for its relatively higher bandwidth capacity, which
local networks typically use multimode instead due its lower cost.
Co-axial cables:
Co-axial line confine the electromagnetic wave to are inside the cable, between the center
conductor Co-axial line can therefore be bent and twisted without negative supports. effects and
they can be strapped to conductive supports without inducing unwanted currents in them and
though.

The most common use for co-axial cables is for television and other signals with bandwidth of
multiple megahertz. Although in most homes co-axial cables have been installed for transmission
of TV signal, new technologies open the possibilities of using home co-axial cables for high speed
home networking application.

Patch cable :
A patch cable is an electrical or optical cable used to connect on electronic or optical
device to another for signal routing. Devices of deferent types are connected with patch cords. It is
a very fast connection speed. Patch cords are usually produced in many different colors as to be
easily distinguishable and are no longer than two meters.

Ethernet cable:
Ethernet cable used to connect computing devices together directly where they would
normally be connect via directly connecting two personal computers via their network adaptors.
By replacing the Ethernet cables, we might be able to increase our internet connection speed.

USB cables:
Most universal serial Bus (USB) cables connect a computer with a peripheral device
rather than to another computer for networking. However, special adaptors also allow connecting
an Ethernet cables feature twisted pair wiring.