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Patchboard vs Matchboard - What's the difference?

patchboard | matchboard |

As nouns the difference between patchboard and matchboard

is that patchboard is 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 while matchboard is (label) a type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system.

patchboard

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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

    • matchboard

    English

    Noun

  • (label) A type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system
  • (label) A thin piece of material (such as wood, plaster, or metal) that forms and aligns the matched parting surfaces for the two parts (the cope and the drag) of a molding box or flask, to which board patterns are attached in some casting methods.
    • (sand casting)