Research happens across all of Google, and affects everything we do. Research at Google is unique. Because so much of what we do hasn't been done before, the lines between research and development are often very blurred. This hybrid approach allows our discoveries to affect the world, both through improving Google products and services, and through the broader advancement of scientific knowledge.
cable Internet. Internet access from the cable TV companies. The coaxial cable coming into the home or building is split into one line for the cable modem and the other for the TV set-top box. See cable modem.
Any medium (channel) that carries signals over a communications path, the route between two or more communications media devices. Three types of wired channels Twisted-pair wire (conventional telephone lines), coaxial cable, and fiber-optic cable.