noun
- electronic devices that combine multiple input signals into a single output signal for transmission or processing
Usage: technical; telecommunications
Examples
- The network uses multiplexors to combine several data streams.
- Digital multiplexors help reduce the number of cables needed.
- The engineer installed new multiplexors to improve signal efficiency.
- These multiplexors can handle up to 16 input channels.
- Fiber optic multiplexors enable high-speed data transmission.
- The system’s multiplexors failed during the power surge.