Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tree-and-branch

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: tree-and-branch
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of cable television and similar networks: consisting of a main central cable with a separate cable branching off it to each subscriber.

Example Sentences

"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."
"The PSTN we have been describing utilizes a star configuration. But this is not the only configuration being applied in today's telecommunications world. The cable television (CATV) companies, for instance, use a tree-and-branch technology."
"Figure 1.1 Tree-and-branch cable topology."

Questions

What does tree-and-branch mean?: Of cable television and similar networks: consisting of a main central cable with a separate cable branching off it to each subscriber.

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