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A component of a manual telephone switchboard, or of various early data processing equipment, in which circuits are completed with cords on a matrix of connections
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patchcord — noun a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard • Hypernyms: ↑wire, ↑conducting wire … Useful english dictionary
