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MUX

Definition: MUX

MUX

Noun

1. Dirt; filth; muck.

Transitive verb

1. To mix in an unitidy and offensive way; to make a mess of.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

"MUX" is a common misspelling or typo for: mix, muck, mud, mug, mum.


Specialty Definition: MUX

DomainDefinition

Computing

Mux multiplexing. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Census

(Multiplexor) In a communications environment, a multiplexor brings together several low-speed communications lines, transforms them into one high-speed channel, and reverses the operation at the other end. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: MUX

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

MUX

EnglishMultiplexing sublayerN/A

MUX

FrenchMultiplexeurComputing

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: MUX

Specialty definitions using "MUX": MUD Object Orientedscan register. (references)

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Commercial Usage: MUX

DomainTitle

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expression: MUX

Expression using "MUX": 30 channel mux. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: MUX

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

mux

53

equipment multiplexer mux switch wan

3

fiber optic mux

8

analog model mux spice

3

fiber mux

8

mux svcd

3

mux softcode

6

mux rate

3

avi mux

5

mpeg mux

2

ic mux switch

4

board mux triplex

2

ds3 mux

4

mux shadowrun

2

fibre mux

4

t1 mux

2

inverse mux

3

video mux

2

analog mux

3

m13 mux

2

p mux

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: MUX

Language Translations for "MUX"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

マゼラン雲 (mac, machismo, Macintosh, Madagascar, madam killer, madame, Magellanic Clouds, maggeoli, mash, mashed potato, masochism, masochist, mass, massage, massive attack, mat, matador, match, match play, match point, match pomp, matching, material, maternity dress, -matic, matinee, Matterhorn, McCarthy, McCarthyism, McCulloch, muckraker, mug, mushroom). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

マックス . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uxmay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: MUX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "m-u-x"

-1 letter: mu, um, xu.

 Words containing the letters "m-u-x"
 

+2 letters: buxom, mixup, murex, unmix.

 

+3 letters: exhume, lummox, mixups, unmixt.

 

+4 letters: bruxism, buxomer, buxomly, exhumed, exhumer, exhumes, exuvium, flummox, maximum, milieux, mixture, murexes, unmixed, unmixes.

 

+5 letters: amplexus, bruxisms, buxomest, exemplum, exhumers, exhuming, eximious, exonumia, exordium, extremum, jambeaux, lixivium, lummoxes, manteaux, maximums, microlux, millilux, mixtures, morceaux, pyxidium, trumeaux, unmixing, vexillum.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MUX


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 55 58

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    ..-    -..-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01010101 01011000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#85 &#88

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0055 0058

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

475558

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Abbreviations
8. Acronyms
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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