= Solution
A <wirewound resistor> uses a metal alloy chosen for stable <electrical resistivity>. Compared with a typical <carbon composition resistor>, it can offer tighter <resistor tolerance>, a smaller <temperature coefficient of resistance>, lower excess <electrical noise>, and greater continuous <electrical dissipation> when its construction provides an adequate heat path. These are design-dependent advantages, rather than guarantees for every alloy or package.
The winding has parasitic <inductance> and interturn <capacitance>. Its <electrical impedance> therefore ceases to be a nearly real <electrical resistance> at sufficiently high <frequencies>; an approximate model is a <series circuit> $R+i\omega L$ shunted by a small parasitic <capacitance>. A <resonance> can occur, making a <wirewound resistor> unsuitable where a nearly frequency-independent <electrical resistance> is required. Noninductive winding patterns reduce this problem. For comparable small-signal duties it is usually larger and more expensive. A <carbon composition resistor> is compact and has relatively small parasitic <inductance>, but commonly has poorer stability, larger <resistor tolerance>, and more excess <electrical noise>.
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