patchboard (redirected from patch panels)

patch´board

n.

1.

(Computers) A circuit board where circuits are completed and modified by making connections with patchcords.

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Noun

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patchboard - telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords plugboard, switchboard central, telephone exchange, exchange - a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication phone system, telephone system - a communication system that transmits sound between distant points