noun
- a panel with numerous jacks or sockets that allows flexible connections between different circuits or devices using patch cords
Usage: telecommunications; electronics
Examples
- The telephone operator connected calls using the patchboard.
- Engineers used the patchboard to route audio signals between different studio equipment.
- The old telephone exchange had a large patchboard with hundreds of jacks.
- She plugged the patch cord into the patchboard to establish the connection.
- The recording studio’s patchboard allowed quick reconfiguration of the mixing setup.
- Technicians tested the circuits by connecting them through the patchboard.