multiplexingn.
/ˈmʌltᵻˌplɛksɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈməltiˌplɛksɪŋ/, /ˈməltəˌplɛksɪŋ/ Telecommunications.
The action of multiplex v.
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society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > type of system > making
quadding1933
multiplexing1939
mux1972
muxing1986
1939 Fortune Nov. 91 The [telephone] companies also use machines for ‘multiplexing’, a means of interlacing two or more messages that can be untangled only by a synchronized machine at the other end.
1955 Sci. News Let. 5 Mar. 158/3 Multiplexing is only practical on FM broadcasts because at present there are too many technical difficulties in splitting up AM programs.
1993 Commercial News Feb. 10/1 Much of the company's production..is multiplexing and switching equipment for communications satellites.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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