uncable
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uncable (third-person singular simple present uncables, present participle uncabling, simple past and past participle uncabled)
- (transitive) To undo the cabling of; to disconnect a cable or cables from.
- 1983, Newsletter, volume 12, University of Michigan Computing Center, page 102:
- 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.
- 2006, Abbe Waldman DeLozier, Vickie Karp, Hacked!: High Tech Election Theft in America:
- 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.