Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

headend

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: head-end
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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."

Etymology

From head + end.

Inflected Forms

headends (plural)

Questions

What does headend mean?: A cable TV control center, at which terrestrial and satellite signals are received, monitored and injected into the cable network.
Where does headend come from?: From head + end.

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