plugboard

American  

[pluhg-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈplʌgˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

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.

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plugboard British  

/ ˈplʌɡˌbɔːd /

noun

1. another name for patch board

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Etymology

Origin of plugboard

First recorded in 1885–90; plug + board

Example Sentences

Instead of a plugboard, it had four rotors with unusual rotation patterns.

From Literature

In most models, there’s also a plugboard at one end.

From Literature

If you tinker with these, you might work out that the rotors and plugboard link up the letter keys and the indicators.

From Literature