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Plugboard

A plugboard or control panel (the term used depends on the application area) is an array of jacks or sockets (often called hubs) into which patch cords can be inserted to complete an electrical circuit. Control panels are sometimes used to direct the operation of unit record equipment, cipher machines, and early computers. The array of holes is often…

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Early computers

ENIACIBM 305 RAMACIBM 711716IBM 700/7000 series
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Wiring of unit record equipment control panels

Punched cardsTime-division multiplexingRelay circuitsTabulating machineElectromagnet
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Unit record equipment

Telephone switchboardsIBM 550IBM 514IBM 407IBM 602
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Cypher machines

Enigma machineRotor machineCryptanalysis of the Enigma
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Unit record equipment

Wiring of unit record equipment control panels

Cypher machines

Early computers

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Plugboard

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples48
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

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Plugboard

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related to External links · 14
Plugboard → ACM Press, AIEE-IRE, Columbia University Computing History, Date, December, Design, Eastern, IBM, IBM Control PanelsIBM Archives, ISBN, Proceedings, Rex, S2CID, Why
related to Early computers · 10
Plugboard → ENIAC, ENIAC's, Function Tables, IBM, Many, Other, RAMAC, ROM, The, The IBM
related to Unit record equipment · 10
Plugboard → Applications, For, IBM, Inspired, It, Otto Schäffler, Plugs, Removable, Tabulator, The
related to Cypher machines · 3
Plugboard → Enigma, In, See Cryptanalysis
see also · 3
Plugboard → British, Enigma, Samas
used for · 1
Plugboard → prototyping electronics ReferencesIBM

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the IBM 077instance offor machines0.80text
IBM 550instance offor machines0.80text
IBM 514instance offor machines0.80text
the 407instance ofLater machines0.80text
602 could store several values for later useinstance ofLater machines0.80text
by means of a mechanical device somewhat similar to an emitterinstance ofLater machines0.80text
except it contained a sliding contact that determined at what time point an impulse was to be emittedinstance ofLater machines0.80text
Plugboardused forprototyping electronics ReferencesIBM0.80text
Plugboardrelated to Cypher machinesEnigma0.60section
Plugboardrelated to Cypher machinesIn0.60section
Plugboardrelated to Cypher machinesSee Cryptanalysis0.60section
Plugboardrelated to Early computersThe0.60section

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