What is a "SHOTGUN" speaker cable??

So let me see if I have this right. If I was just hooking up one channel, this is what I would be faced with:

Shotgun = A strand of wire that terminates into 4 spades/bananas on the amp side and then 4 spades/bananas on the speaker side?

Traditional bi-wire = A strand of wire with 2 spades/bananas for the amp end and then 4 spades/bananas for the speaker side?

Sorry if this all seems quite redundant, but sometimes the nomenclature in this hobby loses a simpleton like me.

-Jake

Well, what is it called when there are 8 connections at EACH end?
ie:
4 on left speaker, from 4 at left amp output. This duplicated on the right.

audio - how confusing! :-)

I dont think the term shotgun has anything to do with terminations!

Bamafan has it right in that the term first was used by MIT in the 80's for an upgrade of their Music Hose 750 Speaker Cable.The original cable was already atleast 1.5 inches thick.From what I rembered having owned both the 750 cable and the Shotgun 750 Cable many years ago,they(MIT) ran another set of cables tie wrapped together and at termination had your normal set of speaker spaded termination,But both positive runs were incorporated together and both negative runs incorporated together.This cable at the time cost about 1K IN THE EARLY 80'S AND WAS CONSIDERED EXTEMELY EXPENSIVE back then.My how times have changed.I don't think at the time MIT offered a biwire option to this cable.They would sell jumper cables for biwire speaker applications back then in the 80's
I hope this may clarify what you are asking
Happy Listening
Don

When I look at a shotgun (the kind police carry), I notice they have 1 barrel. I try not to look down it ;)