plugboard

A panel or board equipped with sockets and patchcords, used in telephone central offices or early computers to manually establish and complete electrical circuits.

• 🇷🇺Панель или плата, оснащённая гнёздами и соединительными шнурами, используемая на телефонных станциях или в ранних компьютерах для ручного установления и замыкания электрических цепей.

1. Telephone central C2 formal technical

   A board or panel in a telephone exchange where circuits are connected using patchcords.

   • The operator used a plugboard to connect the call.
   • Old telephone exchanges relied on plugboards for routing.
   • The technician patched the line through the plugboard.

   🇷🇺Коммутационная панель

   Synonyms: patchboardswitchboard

• plugboards plural form
• plugboards' possessive plural form
• plugboard's possessive singular form