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Negroponte switch
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English
Etymology
The idea was developed by Nicholas Negroponte in the 1980s.
Proper noun
1
en historical A proposed improvement to the use of communication resources by changing wireless signals (such as television) to be transmitted over wires, and wired signals (such as telephone calls) to be transmitted wirelessly.
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