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Hub vs Plugboard - What's the difference?

hub | plugboard |

As nouns the difference between hub and plugboard

is that hub is lifting while plugboard is an array of jacks or hubs into which patch cords can be inserted in order to complete electrical circuits.

hub

English

(wikipedia hub)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave.
  • A point where many routes meet and traffic is distributed, dispensed or diverted.
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  • (computing) A computer networking device connecting several ethernet ports. See switch .
  • (surveying) A stake with a nail in it, used to mark a temporary point.
  • A male weasel; a buck; a dog; a jack.
  • (obsolete) The hilt of a weapon.
  • (Halliwell)
  • (US) A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction.
  • a hub in the road
  • A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are thrown.
  • A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
  • A screw hob.
  • A block for scotching a wheel.
  • Derived terms

    * hubbed * hubbing

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    plugboard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia plugboard)
  • An array of jacks or hubs into which patch cords can be inserted in order to complete electrical circuits.