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Switchboard vs Patchboard - What's the difference?

switchboard | patchboard |

As nouns the difference between switchboard and patchboard

is that switchboard is (telecommunications) the electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient while 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.

switchboard

English

Noun

  • (telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
  • (electronics) A device that directs electricity from one source to another.

    • 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