English Explanatory Dictionary

multiplexer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A device that interleaves several activities; a switching device.
  2. A device that combines several input signals into a single output signal.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-multiplexer.wav

Word forms

multiplexer multiplexers multiplexor

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.? Latin -plex Latin multiplexlbor. English multiplex Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English multiplexer From multiplex + -er.

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