multidrop
- adjective
- /ˈmʌltiˌdrɒp/
- Specialized
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multidrop
- Point-to-point cables allow faults to be isolated more easily than in a multidrop bus.
Examples
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There is no need to provide a separate interface for each disk drive, as required by a multidrop parallel interface.
Academic text (1996) -
Using a multidrop setup, the delivery truck can drop off packages at multiple locations without needing to return to the base.
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When used in a multidrop fashion, up to 64 modules may be set up on one cable set.
Academic text (1994) -
FSK communication provides for point-to-point or multidrop installation.
Academic text (1994) -
This Windows 95-based program offers high-quality graphics and allows the Al-100 to control up to 191 controllers connected to a host computer via a multidrop link.
Academic text (1998) -
Are you assuming that the receivers see each other's sentences, e.g., that the controller and receivers are sitting on some kind of multidrop serial bus rather than having pairwise point-to-point links?
Blog text (1) -
Are you assuming that the receivers see each other's sentences, e.g., that the controller and receivers are sitting on some kind of multidrop serial bus rather than having pairwise point-to-point links?
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Now that I’m really thinking about it, I vaguely remember reading something about NMEA originally being designed around a multidrop variant of RS422 in order to support configurations like this.
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A multidrop communication system allows several devices to connect and share data efficiently over a single cable.
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In a multidrop configuration, multiple sensors can send information back to the control unit simultaneously.
Synonyms
Having several points or connections in a system
Having more than one place to plug in devices
Having more than one port for connecting other devices
There are several channels for sending data or water
How Many Points
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Morphology
Etymology
Multidrop comes from the parts multi- meaning 'many' and drop meaning a 'stop' or 'delivery'. The image is of many points on one line or route, so the adjective describes a system that allows several connections or deliveries on the same cable or route.