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armored cable definition - telecom
Cable armored to protect against cable-seeking backhoes, posthole diggers, cable-loving rodents, and other adverse forces of man and nature. The armor may be in the form of lead or lead alloy sheathing, or interlocking aluminum or galvanized steel cladding.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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