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headend

headend noun: a cable TV control center, at which terrestrial and satellite signals are received, monitored and injected into the cable network.

Noun

headend (plural headends)

  1. A cable TV control center, at which terrestrial and satellite signals are received, monitored and injected into the cable network.
    • The headend cable modem handles the medium access control (MAC) protocol which is necessary for point-to-multipoint operation on the tree-and-branch network.1998, D. W. Faulkner, A. L. Harmer, Broadband Access and Network Management: NOC '98

Forms of headend

pluralheadends

Origin of headend

From head + end.

Questions about headend

What does headend mean?
Headend means a cable TV control center, at which terrestrial and satellite signals are received, monitored and injected into the cable network.
What part of speech is headend?
Headend is a noun.
What is the plural of headend?
The plural of headend is headends.

Words near headend in the dictionary

  1. headed south
  2. headed up
  3. headedly
  4. headedness
  5. Headen
  6. headend
  7. headender
  8. headenders
  9. headends
  10. Headens
  11. header

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