demultiplexer

One-to-many router

A demultiplexer is an electronic device that takes a single input signal and routes it to one of several outputs, selected by control signals.

It performs the reverse function of a multiplexer.

In digital electronics and telecommunications, demultiplexers separate combined data streams back into their original channels: The demultiplexer split the incoming signal across eight output lines.

circuits

decoder

Device that unscrambles signals

  • gateHinged barrier in fence
  • logicScience of valid reasoning
  • binaryConsisting of two parts

selector · output · input · digital · analog · transistor · semiconductor · chip · integrated · hardware

signals

channel

Passage for transmission

demodulation · conversion · bandwidth · modulation · waveform · carrier · baseband · bitstream · serializer · distribution

telecommunications

transmitter

Signal-emitting device

packet · router · gateway · network · LAN · WAN · fiber · CDMA · ATM · ethernet

data

stream

Steady continuous flow

  • parsingGrammatical structure extraction
  • decodingExtracting meaning from symbols
  • framingStructural or contextual shaping

header · payload · interleaving · segmentation · reassembly · channelization

Opposites
signal routing direction

demultiplexermultiplexer

Multi-input signal selector

mux · combiner · aggregator · concentrator · encoder

Family

multiply, multiple, multiplication, multiplex, multiplier, multiplicative, multiplexing, multiplexes, multiplexer

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G