What is the difference between cable and spool?
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(label) A long object used to make a physical connection.
# A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
# An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
# An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
# (label) A heavy rope or chain of at least 10 inches thick, as used to moor or anchor a ship.
(communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
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A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
(label) A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
(label) The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
(label) A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
To provide with cable(s)
To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
To wrap wires to form a cable
To send a telegram by cable
To communicate by cable
(architecture) To ornament with cabling.
A device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle.
(computing) A temporary storage area for electronic mail, etc.
To wind on a spool or spools.
(computing) To send files to a device or a program (a spooler or a daemon that puts them in a queue for processing at a later time).
As nouns the difference between cable and spool
is that cable is a strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope while spool is a device around which thread, wire or cable is wound, especially a cylinder or spindle or spool can be a small swimming pool that can be used also as a spa.As verbs the difference between cable and spool
is that cable is to provide with cable(s) while spool is to wind on a spool or spools.cable
English
(wikipedia cable)Noun
(en noun)Turn it off, passage=If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.}}