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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:
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
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
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
Wire (band) , British punk/post-punk group (1976–present)
"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
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
The Wire , a 2002–2008 HBO police drama TV series
Computing and telecommunications
Topics referred to by the same term