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Short for telephone cord or telephone wire, it eventually came to refer to a cable cord as well when many people "cut the cord" and started streaming TV instead.
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Short for telephone cord or telephone wire, it eventually came to refer to a cable cord as well when many people "cut the cord" and started streaming TV instead.
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