"Electric wires" and "cable" in concept and there is no strict boundaries. Narrow sense, is divided into "wire" and "cable", broadly referred to as "cable." Usually considered:
　　(1) The single is called "line"; Dorgan called "cable."
　　(2) the small diameter is called "line"; diameter called "cable."
　　(3) simple structure called the "line"; structure of a complex called "cable."
　　But with the use of the expansion, many varieties of "line in cable," "cable in the cable." So there is no need for strict distinction.
　　In their daily habits, people called wire cloth of household electric wires, the power cable short cable.
　　Electric wires including bare wire cables, winding wires, power cables, communication cables and fiber optic cable, electrical equipment.