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quadruplex

 [kwod-roo-pleks, kwo-droo-pleks]  

quad·ru·plex

   [kwod-roo-pleks, kwo-droo-pleks]
adjective
1.
fourfold; quadruple.
2.
noting or pertaining to a system of telegraphy by which four messages may be transmitted simultaneously over one wire or communications channel.
Origin:
1870–75; < Latin; see quadru-, -plex
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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quadruplex (ˈkwɒdrʊˌplɛks, kwɒˈdruːplɛks)
 
—adj
1.  consisting of four parts; fourfold
2.  denoting a type of television video tape recorder having four transversely rotating heads
 
[C19: from Latin, from quadru- (see quadri-) + -plex -fold]
 
quadruplicity
 
—n

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quadruplex definition

communications
A kind of telegraphy system developed by Thomas A. Edison in the 1870s combining diplex and duplex communications to support simultaneous transmission of two messages in each direction.
(2000-04-02)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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