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During the first half of the 20th century, telephone operators primarily switched calls between sender and receiver using copper patch cords manually inserted into a custom switchboard with a large number of input and output ports, located within a central telephone office. —
Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2026 Optical Cable Corporation's product offerings include fiber optic and copper cabling, hybrid cabling, connectors, patch cords, and various connectivity management accessories. —Quartz Bot, Quartz, 23 Dec. 2024 In addition, the U.K. plans to push its growing wind harvest south toward London via six more offshore HVDC cables, running shore-to-shore like patch cords in an old-time telephone switchboard. —IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2023 Old-school analog computers had used clunky patch cords on plug boards. —Charles Platt, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
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Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2026 Optical Cable Corporation's product offerings include fiber optic and copper cabling, hybrid cabling, connectors, patch cords, and various connectivity management accessories. —Quartz Bot, Quartz, 23 Dec. 2024 In addition, the U.K. plans to push its growing wind harvest south toward London via six more offshore HVDC cables, running shore-to-shore like patch cords in an old-time telephone switchboard. —IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2023 Old-school analog computers had used clunky patch cords on plug boards. —Charles Platt, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
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“Patch cord.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/patch%20cord. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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