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.

• 🇫🇷Panneau ou platine muni de prises et de cordons de connexion, utilisé dans les centraux téléphoniques ou les premiers ordinateurs pour établir et fermer manuellement des circuits électriques.

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.

   🇫🇷Tableau de connections téléphoniques

   Synonymes: patchboardswitchboard

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