WORD LENGTH WIRE HARNESS A wire harness consists of one or more conduc- tors, including coaxial cables, which are grouped together or treated as a separate assembly for the purpose of ease of assembly or installation. WIRE LIST A wiring (wire) list consists of tabular data and instructions necessary to establish wiring connections. A wiring list is a form of connection or interconnection diagram. When the wir- ing list includes material and such material is not called out on the assembly drawing, the wiring list establishes item identification for the wires as a bundle or kit or wires. WIRE ROPE A group of strands helically twisted or laid about a central core is designed as a wire rope. The strands and/or the core act as a unit. WIRE SEGMENT A length of wire that is continuous and unbro- ken between its two intended points of termination. A wire segment that has been broken and then repaired is still considered to be one wire segment. WIRE WRAP See Solderless wrap. WIRING Wires, cables, groups, harnesses, and bundles, and their terminations, associated hardware, and support, installed in a vehi- cle. WIRING DEVICES Wiring devices are the accessory parts and materials that are used in the installation of wiring, such as termi- nals, connectors, junction boxes, conduit, clamps, insulation, and supports. WIRING DIAGRAM See Connection diagram. WIRING HARNESS DRAWING A wiring harness drawing spec- ifies the engineering requirements and establishes item identifica- tion for a wiring harness (a group of individually insulated conductors, including shielded wires and coaxial cables, held together by lacing cord or other binding). A wiring harness may or may not terminate in connectors, terminal lugs, or other similar fit- tings, and may include small electronic parts. WORD A character string or a bit string considered to be an entity for some purpose. In telegraph communications, six character intervals are defined as a word when computing traffic capacity in words per minute, which is computed by multiplying the data sig- naling rate in baud by 10 and dividing the resulting product by the number of unit intervals per character. WORD LENGTH The number of characters or bits in a word. 265