| Cable Abbreviations | |
| A | outdoor cables |
| J | indoor cables |
| G | mining cables |
| JE | indoor cables for industrial electronic control systems |
| Li | stranded conductors |
| Y | PVC insulation or sheath |
| 2Y | PE insulation or sheath |
| 02Y | cellular PE insulation |
| 02YS | PE foam skin insulation |
| F | jelly filling of cable core |
| H | halogen free insulation or sheath |
| C | copper braid |
| (St) | aluminium laminated synthetic foil with drain wire |
| (Z) | steel wire braiding |
| (L)2Y | aluminium laminated sheath (copolymer coated aluminium tape bonded to the PE outer sheath) |
| Bd | unit stranding |
| Lg | stranding in concentric layers |