English Explanatory Dictionary

patchboard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

patchboard patchboards

Etymology

From patch + board.

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