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Mux vs Encoder - What's the difference?

mux | encoder |

As nouns the difference between mux and encoder

is that mux is dirt, filth or muck while encoder is a device used to encode a signal either for cryptography or compression.

As a verb mux

is to make a mess of something.

As an abbreviation MUX

is multiplexor.

mux

English

Etymology 1

Compare muck.

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) Dirt, filth or muck.

    • Verb

  • (obsolete) To make a mess of something

    • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of multiplex, multiplexer.

    Noun

    (es)
  • a multiplexer

    • Verb

    (es)
  • to multiplex

    • Antonyms

    * (both noun and verb) demux

    See also

    * dub * MUX ----

    encoder

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia encoder) (en noun)
  • A device used to encode a signal either for cryptography or compression.

    • Anagrams

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