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A
wire is a strand of drawn metal used especially in electrical conductors and fencing.
Wire or wires may also refer to:
Abbreviations
Note: These terms are often shortened to simply wire, wires or wired.
Wire, a
covert listening device worn as a wire under a person's clothes
Wire, an informal term for a
telegraph , or the act of using a telegraph
Wire service , a journalism-jargon term for news agency (a newswire or wire service)
Wire tap , police jargon for covert telephone-listening device
Wire transfer , a method of sending money directly between banks
Types of wire
Barbed wire , steel fencing wire
Chicken wire , a mesh of wire
Concertina wire , a type of barbed wire or razor wire
Copper-clad aluminium wire , inner aluminium core and outer copper cladding
Electrical wiring , electrical installation of cabling and associated devices
Electroluminescent wire , thin copper wire coated in a phosphor
Glass-coated wire , fine glass-coated metal filaments
Magnet wire , copper or aluminium wire coated with a very thin layer of insulation
Nanowire , 1-D structures used in nanoelectronics and nanowire battery anodes
Razor wire
Wire rope , twisted strands of metal wire
Wire recording , audio storage on a thin steel wire
People
Wíres (footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian football player
Coy Wire (born 1978), American footballer, television anchor, and correspondent
Edith Wire (1899-1973), American composer, pianist, and writer; Lester's sister
Lester Wire (1887–1958), inventor, Edith's brother
Nicky Wire (born 1969), musician with the Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers
Kurt Wires (1919–1992), sprint canoer
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
Magazine
Groups
Wire (band) , British punk/post-punk group (1976–present)
Albums
Songs
"Wires" (song) , by Athlete, 2004
"The Wire" (David Dallas song) , featuring Ruby Frost, 2013
"The Wire" (Haim song) , 2013
"Wire", a song by U2 from their 1984 album
The Unforgettable Fire
"Wire", by Third Day from the album
Wire , 2004
"Wires", by Red Fang from the album
Murder the Mountains , 2011
"Wires", by
The Neighbourhood , 2012
News sites
Radio
Television
Channels
Wire TV , a 1992–1995 UK cable television channel
WIRE-CD , a television station (channel 33, virtual 33) licensed to serve Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Series
The Wire , a 2002–2008 HBO police drama TV series
Episodes
Other uses in media
Computing and telecommunications
Organizations
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term