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Balanced Credit - A circuit so arranged that the impressed voltages on each conductor of the pair are equal in magnitude but opposite in polarity with respect to ground.

Balium - A device for matching an unbalanced coaxial transmission line to a balanced two-view system.

Band Marking - A continuous circumferential band applied to a conductor at regular intervals for identification.

Band Width - The difference between the upper and lower limits of a given band of frequencies. It is expressed in hertz. The range of frequencies that a transmitted communications signal occupies or that a receiving system can accept. For example, it takes more bandwidth to download a photograph in a second than to download a page of text. Virtual reality and three-dimensional audio/visual presentations require even more.

Bare Conductor - A conductor having no covering. A conductor with no coating or cladding on the copper.

Belflex® - A premium hybrid matte-finish jacket material that exhibits superior flexibility at low temperatures along with excellent abrasion resistance compared to standard PVC jacketing materials.

Binder - A tape or thread used for holding assembled cable components in place.

Blown jacket - Outer cable covering applied by controlled inflation of the cured jacket tube then pilling the cable through it.

Bond - An attachment at and interface between an adhesive and an adherent or between materials attached together.

Bond Strength - Amount of adhesion between surfaces, e.g., in bonded ribbon cable.

Booster - An amplifier inserted into a cable to increase the signal amplitude in order to compensate for signal loss due to attenuation. This extends the transmission range of the cable. Transformers may be employed to boost ac voltages. The term booster is also applied to amplifiers used in television receiving antenna systems.