heterogeneous vs multiplex

heterogeneous

adj
  • Visibly consisting of different components. 

  • Incommensurable because of different kinds. 

  • Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts. 

  • Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats. 

  • Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process. 

multiplex

adj
  • Comprising several interleaved parts. 

  • Having multiple members with a particular condition. 

  • Having petals lying in folds over each other. 

noun
  • A building or a place where several activities occur in multiple units concurrently or different times. 

  • throwing motion where more than one ball is thrown with one hand at the same time. 

  • a grouping of program services as interleaved data packets for broadcast over a network or modulated multiplexed medium 

verb
  • To convert (a cinema business) into a large complex, or multiplex. 

  • To combine several signals into one. 

  • To make a multiplex throw. 

  • To interleave several activities. 

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