patchboard

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patchboard - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  patchboard \patch"board\ n. (Computers)
     A circuit board where circuits are completed and modified by
     making connections with patchcords.
  
     Syn: switchboard, plugboard.
          [WordNet 1.5]

patchboard - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  patchboard
      n 1: telephone central where circuits are completed with
           patchcords [syn: switchboard, patchboard, plugboard]