: a wire with a plug at each end that is used to connect electrical devices
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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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