plugboard

[ pluhg-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun
  1. Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like.

  2. Also called control panel. Computers. a removable panel containing manually wired electrical terminals into which plugs or pins are inserted: formerly used to control operation of peripheral equipment, as a keyboard.

Origin of plugboard

1
First recorded in 1885–90; plug + board

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British Dictionary definitions for plugboard

plugboard

/ (ˈplʌɡˌbɔːd) /


noun
  1. another name for patch board

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