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Mux vs Simplex - What's the difference?

mux | simplex |

As nouns the difference between mux and simplex

is that mux is dirt, filth or muck while simplex is an analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron: the convex hull of n+1 points in n-dimensional space.

As a verb mux

is to make a mess of something.

As an abbreviation MUX

is multiplexor.

As an adjective simplex is

single, simple; not complex.

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 ----

    simplex

    English

    (wikipedia simplex)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Single, simple; not complex.
  • (telecommunications) unidirectional

    • Antonyms

    * (simple) complex * (unidirectional) duplex (bidirectional)

    Coordinate terms

    (unidirectional) * half-duplex * full-duplex

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron: the convex hull of n+1'' points in ''n -dimensional space.
  • (linguistics) A simple word, one without affixes.
  • * 1978 , Helga Harries-Delisle, Contrastive Emphasis and Cleft Sentences'', in ''Universals of Human Language , edited by Joseph H. Greenberg, ISBN 0804709696, page 460:
    • The only indication that 139. is a simplex is the sentence intonation and the absence of a break between the verb and the subject.

    Derived terms

    * simplicial

    See also

    * complex