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Control panel using electrical patch cords
A plugboard or control panel is an array of jacks or sockets 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 contained in a flat removable panel that can be inserted into a machine and pressed against an array of contacts. This allows the machine to be quickly switched between different applications. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PlugboardA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: User's manual for the model interface and plugboard cabinets in the 14- by 22-foot subsonic tunnelThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Transformation characteristics of refractory pollutants in plugboard wastewater by an optimal electrocoagulation and electro-Fenton processCited 42 times
- Go sideways: IBM 407A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Tabulating machineA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun An array of jacks or hubs into which patch cords can be inserted in order to complete electrical circuits.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Transformation characteristics of refractory pollutants in plugboard wastewater by an optimal electrocoagulation and electro-Fenton process
A new five-digit plugboard system for card-programmed calculator
FACTORING FOR THE PLUGBOARD – WAS REJEWSKI'S PROPOSED SOLUTION FOR BREAKING THE ENIGMA FEASIBLE?
The Cryptanalysis of the Enigma Cipher. The Plugboard and the Cryptologic Bomb
Analog computer instruction: A plugboard teaching aid
Genetic algorithm attack on Enigma’s plugboard
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕User's manual for the model interface and plugboard cabinets in the 14- by 22-foot subsonic tunnelRobert B. Askew · 1994
- 📕Plugboard's structural notesSmith, C. W. · 2001
- 📕User's Manual for the Model Interface and Plugboard Cabinets in the 14- by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel · 2018
- 📕User's Manual for the Model Interface and Plugboard Cabinets in the 14- by 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel · 2018
- 📕IntuereAmelia Pacquin · 2008
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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