plugboard
/plʌɡbɔrd/
noun
- A board with sockets that can be connected by wires or plugs to control the operation of a machine, such as an early computer or telephone switchboard.
- The old computer used a plugboard to change its programs.
- Technicians would rewire the plugboard to connect different phone lines.
- The museum displayed a vintage plugboard from the 1950s.
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