Category
page 1Cable television technology
set-top box
electronic device to convert a signal to an output for a television

DOCSIS
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) is an international telecommunications standard that permits the addition of high-bandwidth data transfer to an existing cable television (CATV) system. It is used by many cable television operators to provide cable Internet access over their existing hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) infrastructure.
cable modem
broadband Internet access device
Card sharing
method to share subscription television with one valid card
RG-6
thumb|right|300px|RG-6 coaxial cable for television signals
thumb|right|200px|RG-6 coaxial cable
RG-6/U is a common type of coaxial cable used in a wide variety of residential and commercial applications. An RG-6/U coaxial cable has a characteristic impedance of 75 ohms. The term, RG-6, is generic and is applied to a wide variety of cable designs, which differ from one another in shielding characteristics, center conductor composition, dielectric type and jacket type. RG was originally a unit indicator for bulk radio frequency (RF) cable in the U.S. military's Joint Electronics Type Designatio
cable television headend
facility for receiving television signals for processing and distribution over a cable television system