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Glossary
Term
Definition
Cable
Collection or two or more conductors in the same jacket.
Cable pack
Describes how many cables can fit into a given section.
Channel
A defined route followed by all conductors in a harness.
Conductor
An internal current-carrying portion of a cable.
Harness
A 3D model consisting of wires, cables, and bundles in an assembly including all related information such as 2D drawings.
Jacket
The protective outer covering of a cable or bundle.
Path
A conductor's route from one place to another when outside of a channel.
Reference designator
An marker that distinguishes physically identical connectors and terminals from each other with respect to connections created automatically using the ECAD interface.
Route
The path a wire or cable follows in an assembly.
Virtual channel
An imaginary path in space through which wires and cables may run.
Wire
A cable with a single conductor.