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headend

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A cable TV control centre, at which terrestrial and satellite signals are received, monitored and injected into the cable network.

Examples

“The headend cable modem handles the medium access control⟳ (MAC) protocol which is necessary for point-to-multipoint operation on the tree-and-branch network.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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