Definitions
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 earlydata processing equipment, in whichcircuits are completed withcords on amatrix ofconnections
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
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