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uncable en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + cable.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To undo the cabling of; to disconnect a cable or cables from.
   • The election judge has the key to uncable the machines in a similar manner to the olden days when the election judge kept the keys to the ballot box. This way the judge could remove the ballots and count them. 2006, Abbe Waldman DeLozier, Vickie Karp, Hacked!: High Tech Election Theft in America:
   • For example, certain cabling techniques used for statistical multiplexers and intelligent switching systems let field-service personnel replace modules without having to uncable EIA connections. 1983, Newsletter, volume 12, University of Michigan Computing Center, page 102:

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