n. 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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n. A circuit board where circuits are completed and modified by making connections with patchcords.
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n. telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords
Word Usage
"He responded with his experience programming patchboard computers."