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'Com', 'Com' to 'Con', 'Con' to 'Coo', 'Cop' to 'Cou', 'Cov' to 'Cz',
CABLE. An assembly of one or more insulated conductors, or
optical fibers, or a combination of both, within an enveloping jacket. Either a stranded conductor (single-conductor cable) or a combination of conductors insulated
from one another (multiple conductor cable). Small sizes are commonly referred to as stranded wire or
as cords.
Coax Cable
CABLE ASSEMBLY. A cable that is ready for installation in specific applications and usually terminated with connectors. Manufacturers
CABLE CARRIER. A device that holds a cable. Also refer to a detailed definition of Cable Carrier. In some case it may be called a cable retracter.
Cable Clamp. A mechanical clamp attached to the wire entrance of a connector to support the cable or wire bundle, provide stress relief, and absorb vibration and shock.
Cable, Coaxial. A cable in which an insulated conductor is centered inside another. The outer conductor is usually a metal braid or metal sheath. Braided cables usually have an outer insulating jacket over the braid. Coaxial cables are used primarily for transmission of RF signals. Refer to the main Definition of Coax Cable
CABLE HARNESS. A group of wires or ribbons of wiring used to interconnect electronic systems and subsystems. ALso refer to more detail on Specifying a Cable Harness, part of the equipment chassis design section.
CABLE SHEATH. A conductive protective covering applied to cables. See the diagram for a Coax Cable with armor above.
CACHE. A small portion of memory used as temporary storage, normally having a faster access time than the main memory bank.
CAGE CODE. Commercial and Government Entity Code. A five-position alphanumeric code with a numeric in the first and last positions (e.g. 27340, 2A345, or 2AAA5), assigned to United States and Canadian organizations which manufacture and/or control the design of items supplied to a Government Military or Civil Agency or assigned to United States and foreign organizations, primarily for identifying contractors in the mechanical interchange of data. Read the MIL-STD-100 definition.
CAN BUS. A differential 2-wire interface running over either a Shielded Twisted Pair (STP), Un-shielded Twisted Pair (UTP), or Ribbon cable. A number of different Protocols are used with CAN bus. The CanBus is primarly used as an Automotive Bus, but is also one of the major Field Buses. CanBus
CAPACITANCE. The property of an electrical circuit that opposes changes in voltage. Also refer to the dictionary of Capacitor Terms
CAPACITIVE REACTANCE. The opposition, expressed in ohms, offered to the flow of an alternating current by capacitance. The symbol for capacitive reactance is XC.
Disk Capacitor
CAPACITOR. An electrical device capable of storing electrical energy in an electrostatic field. [Capacitor Terms, Capacitor Manufacturers]
CAPACITOR FILTER. This filter is used on extremely high-voltage, low-current power supplies and also where the ripple frequency is not critical. Also see the entry on Passive Filters.
CAPACITOR-START MOTOR. A type of single-phase, ac induction motor in which a starting winding and a capacitor are placed in series to start the motor. The values of XC and R are such that the main-winding and starting-winding currents are nearly 90 degrees apart and the starting torque is produced as in a two-phase motor.
CARBON MICROPHONE. A microphone in which sound waves vary the resistance of a pile of carbon granules. May be single-button or double-button. DYNAMIC MICROPHONE Definition. Microphone Manufacturers
CARDBUS. One of the different types of PCMCIA interfaces. CardBus implements the 32-bit PCI bus standard into the PCMCIA form factor.
CARRIER FREQUENCY. The base frequency of a transmitted electromagnetic pulse or wave on which information can be imposed by varying the signal strength, varying the base frequency, varying the wave phase, or other means. The frequency of an unmodulated transmitter output.
CASTER. A wheel mounted in a swivel frame. Caster Manufacturers
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