Multiplexing
Overview
- For other uses of multiplex, see multiplex (disambiguation).
- For multiplexing in electronics and signal processing, see MultiplexerMultiplexerIn electronics, a multiplexer is a device that selects one of several analog or digital input signals and forwards the selected input into a single line. A multiplexer of 2n inputs has n select lines, which are used to select which input line to send to the output...
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In telecommunications and computer networks, multiplexing (also known as muxing) is a method by which multiple analog message signals or digital data streams are combined into one signal over a shared medium
Shared medium
In telecommunication, a shared medium is a medium or channel of information transfer that serves more than one user at the same time.Most channels only function correctly when one user is transmitting, so a channel access method is always in effect....
. The aim is to share an expensive resource.
