A specific length of cable for sale that is terminated at each end with a plug. Any telephone, audio, video or Ethernet cable with connectors at both ends is a patch cord. See patch panel and pigtail.

A group of sockets used to manually connect incoming and outgoing lines together in communications and electronic systems. Using short patch cords, one end is plugged into an "in" line and the other ...

The only 2 patch panels I've ever used myself have traditional punchdown blocks, and I have to say that I hate them. I find it difficult to work with the density, and I hate managing cabling in the ...