A wire is a strand of drawn metal used especially in electrical conductors and fencing. wire may also refer to: Abbreviations Note: These terms are often shortened to simply wire, wires or wired. 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 Barbed wire, steel fencing wire Chicken wire, a mesh of wire Concertina wire, a type of barbed wire or razor wire Copper-clad aluminium wire, inner aluminium core and outer copper cladding Electrical wiring, electrical installation of cabling and associated devices Electroluminescent wire, thin copper wire coated in a phosphor Glass-coated wire, fine glass-coated metal filaments Magnet wire, copper or aluminium wire coated with a very thin layer of insulation Nanowire, 1-D structures used in nanoelectronics and nanowire battery anodes Razor wire Wire rope, twisted strands of metal wire Wire recording, audio storage on a thin steel wire People 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 Fictional entities Monomolecular wire, a fictional type of wire used as a weapon to cut and sever objects Music Groups Wire (band), British punk/post-punk group (1976–present) Albums Wire (Third Day album), a 2004 album by Third Day Wire (Wire album), a 2015 album by Wire Wires (album), a 2001 album by Art of Fighting Songs "Wires" (song), by Athlete, 2004 "The Wire" (David Dallas song), featuring Ruby Frost, 2013 "The Wire" (Haim song), 2013 "Wire", a song by U2 from their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire "Wire", by Third Day from the album Wire, 2004 "Wires", by Red Fang from the album Murder the Mountains, 2011 "Wires", by The Neighbourhood, 2012 News sites The Wire (India), an Indian news website The Wire, a defunct website published by The Atlantic Radio WIRE (FM), a radio station at 91.1 FM licensed to Lebanon, Indiana The Wire (radio program), an Australian current-affairs program The Wire,