multiplexers
Many-to-one switches
Multiplexers are devices that combine multiple input signals into a single output channel.
In electronics and telecommunications, a multiplexer allows several data streams to share one transmission line, switching between inputs or interleaving them: The multiplexer routes eight camera feeds to one monitor.
In computing, multiplexers handle data from multiple sources efficiently.
The singular is multiplexer; mux is the common shorthand.
Mechanism for choosing
- demultiplexerCircuit separating combined signals
- channelsPaths for transmission
- inputsData fed in
- outputsResults produced by something
combinational logic · switching · routing · binary · transistors · gates · AND · OR
Comparable equivalent
- videoRecorded moving imagery
- audioTransmitted sound content
- RFWireless transmission spectrum
- coaxialSharing a central axis
bandwidth · attenuation · crosstalk · broadcast · transmission · cable · splitter · combiner
Data exchange operations
- busLarge passenger vehicle
- addressSpeak to formally
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
interrupt · DMA · arbitration · expansion · microcontroller · embedded · interface
One that transports
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- fiber opticLight-based data transmission
- opticalOf vision or light
- networkInterconnected system
selector
Mechanism for choosing
- demultiplexerCircuit separating combined signals
- channelsPaths for transmission
- inputsData fed in
outputs · combinational logic · switching · routing · binary · transistors · gates · AND · OR · NAND
analog
Comparable equivalent
coaxial · bandwidth · attenuation · crosstalk · broadcast · transmission · cable · splitter · combiner
I/O
Data exchange operations
peripheral · interrupt · DMA · arbitration · expansion · microcontroller · embedded · interface
carrier
One that transports
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- fiber opticLight-based data transmission
- opticalOf vision or light
network · trunk · aggregation · backhaul · bitstream · packet · SDH