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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Computers) A circuit board where circuits are completed and modified by making connections with patchcords.

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  • noun A component of a manual telephone switchboard, or of various early data processing equipment, in which circuits are completed with cords on a matrix of connections

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  • noun telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords

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