Definition of demultiplexer
:an electronic device that separates a multiplex signal into its component parts
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One of two side-by-side multiplexer-demultiplexer (MDM) data relay boxes outside the space station failed Saturday, May 20, and space station managers approved the unplanned spacewalk for the astronauts to replace the box with a spare.
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Whitson, commander of Expedition 51, is replacing the primary multiplexer-demultiplexer (MDM) data relay box used to control a number of systems on the ISS, including the solar arrays, radiators, cooling loops, and other equipment.
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The data-relay boxes are officially known as MDMs or multiplexer-demultiplexers.
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The multiplexer-demultiplexer (MDM) is one of two redundant data relay boxes used to control the solar array systems, radiators, cooling loops, and other hardware aboard the station.
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The Chinese quantum computer has a photon device based on quantum dots, demultiplexers, photonic circuits, and detectors.
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First Known Use of demultiplexer
1963
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