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Wire (disambiguation)

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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

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  • 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

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People

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  • 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

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Music

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Magazines

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Groups

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  • Wire (band), British punk/post-punk group (1976–present)

Albums

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Songs

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News sites

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Radio

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Television

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Channels

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  • 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

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  • The Wire, a 2002–2008 HBO police drama TV series

Episodes

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Other uses in media

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Computing and telecommunications

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Organizations

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Other uses

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See also

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