[pluhg-bawrd, -bohrd] 
| 1. | Electricity. an electric switchboard with plugs for telephones and the like. |
| 2. | Also called control panel. Computers. a removable panel containing manually wired electrical terminals into which plugs or pins are inserted: formerly used to control operation of peripheral equipment, as a keyboard. |
| plugboard | |
noun | |
| telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords [syn: switchboard] |
