duplex : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: duplex	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for duplex
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
duplex adj (used technically of a device or process) having two parts; "a duplex transaction" allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously; "duplex system"; "duplex telephony" n a house with two units sharing a common wall [syn: {duplex house}, duplex, semidetached house] an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase Synonym(s): duplex apartment, duplex v change into a duplex
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Duplex \Du"plex\, v. t. [See {Duplex}, a.] (Teleg.) To arrange, as a telegraph line, so that two messages may be transmitted simultaneously; to equip with a duplex telegraphic outfit.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
duplex Used to describe a communications channel that can carry signals in both directions, in contrast to a {simplex} channel which only ever carries a signal in one direction. If signals can only flow in one direction at a time the communications is "{half-duplex}", like a single-lane road with traffic lights at each end. Walkie-talkies with a "press-to-talk" button provide half-duplex communications. If signals can flow in both directions simultaneously the communications is "{full-duplex}", like a normal two-lane road. Telephones provide full-duplex communications. The term "duplex" was first used in wireless, telegraph, and telephone communications. Nearly all communications circuits used by computers are two-way, so the term is seldom used. {(http://www.cit.ac.nz/smac/dc100www/dc_014.htm)}. (2001-07-21)