A 250 V, 16 A electrical cable on a reel
Coaxial cable – used for radio frequency signals, for example in cable television distribution systems.
Direct-buried cable
Flexible cables
Filled cable
Heliax cable
Non-metallic sheathed cable (or nonmetallic building wire, NM, NM-B)[6]
Armored cable (or BX)[6]
Multicore cable (consist of more than one wire and is covered by cable jacket)
Paired cable – Composed of two individually insulated conductors that are usually used in DC or low-frequency AC applications
Portable cord – Flexible cable for AC power in portable applications
Ribbon cable – Useful when many wires are required. This type of cable can easily flex, and it is designed to handle low-level voltages.
Shielded cable – Used for sensitive electronic circuits or to provide protection in high-voltage applications.
Single cable (from time to time this name is used for wire)
Structured cabling
Submersible cable
Twin and earth
Twinax cable
Twin-lead – This type of cable is a flat two-wire line. It is commonly called a 300 Ω line because the line has an impedance of 300 Ω. It is often used as a transmission line between an antenna and a receiver (e.g., TV and radio). These cables are stranded to lower skin effects.
Twisted pair – Consists of two interwound insulated wires. It resembles a paired cable, except that the paired wires are twisted
CENELEC HD 361 is a ratified standard published by CENELEC, which relates to wire and cable marking type, whose goal is to harmonize cables. Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN, VDE) has released a similar standard (DIN VDE 0292).
Hybrid cables
