plugboard

Noun

Meaning

telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

patchboard switchboard central pinboard jackfield patch panel patch bay switchboards patch field cross connect panel crosspoint matrix crosspoint switch interconnect panel patching matrix patching panel
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Hypernyms

central exchange telephone exchange

Examples

During World War II, codebooks were only used each day to set up the rotors, their ring settings and the plugboard. Source: Internet

During the Spanish Civil War the Italian Navy used the K model of the commercial Enigma without a plugboard; this was solved by Knox in 1937. Source: Internet

For a message to be correctly encrypted and decrypted, both sender and receiver had to configure their Enigma in the same way; rotor selection and order, starting position and plugboard connections must be identical. Source: Internet

Current flowed from the battery (1) through a depressed bi-directional keyboard switch (2) to the plugboard (3). Source: Internet

Current flowed from the keyboard through the plugboard, and proceeded to the entry-rotor or Eintrittswalze. Source: Internet

Keys were easily changed by changing the rotor disks and the plugboard wires. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

plug-type plug-ugly plugback plugfest plugg pluggability