noun
- electronic devices that combine multiple input signals into a single output signal for transmission over a shared medium
Usage: technical; telecommunications
Examples
- The network uses multiplexers to combine several data streams onto one fiber optic cable.
- Digital multiplexers allow multiple phone conversations to share the same transmission line.
- The engineer installed new multiplexers to increase the system’s data capacity.
- Time-division multiplexers allocate specific time slots to each input signal.
- Optical multiplexers combine different wavelengths of light for efficient data transmission.
- The telecommunications company upgraded their multiplexers to handle more traffic.