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Multiplex is either a word derived from multi- + plex (fold) or a synthetic portmanteau combining the words multiple and complex and can be another word for many or (literally) manifold.
It has several meanings:
- A multiplex cinema, or movie theater, is a complex containing several separate auditoriums but sharing such facilities as the box office, refreshment stands, and washrooms.
- In telecommunications, multiplexing refers to combining many signals (often thousands) into a single transmission circuit or channel.
- In electronics a device that takes multiple inputs and combines them using time division is called a multiplexer. One concrete example of a multiplexer is the 74ALS157 'Quad 2- to 1-line data selector/multiplexer' integrated circuit. The verb for what this device does is 'to multiplex'. A device that does the reverse function of a multiplexer is called a demultiplexer.
- A multiplex (television) is a number of digital television or radio channels multiplexed onto a single broadcast channel.
- Multiplex (wood) is a kind of wood substitute made from wood splinters glued into boards. See also Triplex.
- A multiplex (road) is a single physical road designated by two or more different highway numbers. If two highways are signed with opposite compass directions along the road, it is a wrong-way multiplex.
- Multiplex (comics) was a DC Comics character.
- Multiplex is Australia's third largest property developer.
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Multiplex.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Category: