noun
- a method of transmitting multiple signals or data streams simultaneously over a single communication channel or medium
Usage: technical; telecommunications
Examples
- The fiber optic cable uses multiplexing to carry hundreds of phone conversations at once.
- Time-division multiplexing allows multiple users to share the same frequency band.
- The engineer explained how multiplexing increases the efficiency of data transmission.
- Digital multiplexing has revolutionized modern telecommunications systems.
- The satellite uses frequency multiplexing to broadcast multiple television channels.
- Without multiplexing, we would need separate cables for each phone line.