Component cables are usually two separate cables . The 3 video cables are attached to each other like zip cord. The RCA plugs are red, green and blue to make it easy to connect them to the same color jacks.
The audio cable is 2 cables together and has red and white plugs but that can vary. The audio is just normal analog audio, left and right stereo.
For longer cables all 5 cables are under one jacket but the color coding and bundling is the same.
-Hal
