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patchboard

patchboard 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.

Noun

patchboard (plural patchboards)

  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.

Forms of patchboard

pluralpatchboards

Origin of patchboard

From patch + board.

Questions about patchboard

What does patchboard mean?
Patchboard means 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.
What part of speech is patchboard?
Patchboard is a noun.
What is the plural of patchboard?
The plural of patchboard is patchboards.

Words near patchboard in the dictionary

  1. patchable
  2. patchak
  3. Patcham
  4. patchbay
  5. patchbays
  6. patchboard
  7. patchboards
  8. patchbox
  9. patchboxes
  10. patchcoat
  11. patchcoats

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