ribbon cable
Parallel conductor strip
A ribbon cable is a flat electrical cable with multiple conducting wires running parallel, resembling a ribbon.
The design allows many connections in a compact, organized form.
Ribbon cables commonly connect internal computer components like hard drives and motherboards: The old IDE ribbon cable was a dust magnet inside the case.
Unified coding software suite
- ATADisk interface standard
- SATASerial disk interface
- SCSIParallel peripheral interface standard
- motherboardComputer's primary circuit platform
peripheral · bus · floppy drive · hard drive · optical drive · internal · legacy · parallel
Thing that joins others
- pinPointed metal fastener
- socketHollow receiving cavity
- headerTop line of document
- crimpPinch into folds
termination · harness · loom · bundling · routing · breakout · daisy chain · keying
Lacking vertical variation
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- laminatedBonded between protective layers
- color-codedMarked by hue
stranded · AWG · pitch · spacing · polyethylene · jacket · shielding · traces
Able to bend flat
- bendableAble to curve
- flexibleAble to bend freely
- pliableCapable of bending easily
- routingPath selection process
space-saving · compact · low-profile · tight spaces · hinge · folding · articulating · neat
IDE
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motherboard · peripheral · bus · floppy drive · hard drive · optical drive · internal · legacy · parallel · interface
connector
Thing that joins others
crimp · termination · harness · loom · bundling · routing · breakout · daisy chain · keying · polarized
flat
Lacking vertical variation
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- insulationThermal transfer prevention
- laminatedBonded between protective layers
color-coded · stranded · AWG · pitch · spacing · polyethylene · jacket · shielding · traces · impedance
foldable
Able to bend flat
routing · space-saving · compact · low-profile · tight spaces · hinge · folding · articulating · neat · organized
- cablescoaxial, ethernet, patch cord, twisted pair, DisplayPort
- Computer PartsRAM, GPU, CPU, motherboard, processor
- conductorscopper wire, gold wire, silver wire, aluminum, platinum
- connectorsconnector, connectors, wires, jack, coupler
- device partsbattery, button, buttons, camera, screen
- fiber opticsoptical fiber, fiber optics, cladding, splice, optical fibre