multiplexer
- noun
- /ˈmʌltɪˌplɛksər/
- Specialized
:
multiplexor
- A 5-probe multiplexer makes up a packaged system for industrial applications requiring multipoint relative humidity and temperature measurements.
- input multiplexer
- multiplexer selects
Examples
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The powering trees for the internal multiplexers are checked in order to avoid incorrect routing of data through the system.
Academic text (1997) -
The rounder fraction dataflow also has a multiplexer to shift right or left up to 3 bits.
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Any bandwidth unused by a call class is available to other traffic present in the multiplexer.
Academic text (2000) -
The final fraction 8-to-1 multiplexer is used to create multiple output formats such as binary short, long, extended first part, and second part.
Academic text (1999) -
Since a character can be formed with either 9 bits from the shift register and First, or with 8 bits plus First and Second, a multiplexer selects the input to the output buffer register.
Academic text (1996) -
Leased telephone lines ran from the overflow points to multiplexers in the basements of firehouses in Cincinnati.
Academic text (1996) -
Combining a multiplexer with the latch and eliminating the mid-cycle latch further improves evaluation latencies.
Academic text (2000) -
The technician connected the video multiplexer to the television, allowing multiple cameras to be viewed on a single screen.
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In telecommunications, a multiplexer combines several input signals into one output signal for efficient transmission.
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Using a digital multiplexer, the engineers were able to streamline data transmission and reduce interference in the system.
Synonyms
1
7.5
A device that sends several signals over one line
1
9.5
A device that combines several signals into one output or chooses one input to send
A device that combines several input signals into one output line
Something that lets several devices send data over one communication line
Compounds
- Specialized
Something that lets several devices send data over one communication line
How Many
- Texting
8
6.7
- Specialized
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word multiplexer comes from multi- meaning 'many' and -plex meaning 'to fold', the same idea you see in duplex and complex. So, a multiplexer is a device that 'folds' many signals together so they can share a single line.