interconnect

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ connect

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tə.kəˈnɛkt/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚ.kəˈnɛkt/, [ˌɪɾ̃ɚ.kəˈnɛkt], [ˌɪn.(ɾ)ɚ.kəˈnɛkt]

Verb

interconnect (third-person singular simple present interconnects, present participle interconnecting, simple past and past participle interconnected)

1. (transitive) To connect to one another.

   Synonym: anastomose

   The Internet interconnects a set of networks.

Synonyms

• interlink

Related terms

• interconnectedness
• interconnection
• intermingle
• interrelate

Translations

to connect to one another

• Czech: propojit
• Finnish: yhdistää (fi)
• French: interconnecter (fr)
• Japanese: 相互接続 (そうごせつぞく, sōgo setsuzoku)
• Russian: свя́зывать (ru) impf (svjázyvatʹ), связа́ть (ru) pf (svjazátʹ) (ме́жду собо́й), соединя́ть (ru) impf (sojedinjátʹ), соедини́ть (ru) pf (sojedinítʹ) (ме́жду собо́й), взаимосвязывать (ru) impf (vzaimosvjazyvatʹ), взаимосвязать (ru) pf (vzaimosvjazatʹ), связываться (ru) impf (svjazyvatʹsja), связаться (ru) pf (svjazatʹsja)

Noun

interconnect (plural interconnects)

1. (electronics) An interconnection.
   • 2011, Ethiopia Enideg Nigussie, Variation Tolerant On-Chip Interconnects, page 118:

     These interconnects are suitable for any kind of point-to-point on-chip communication, such as in a SoC to connect nearby or far away system blocks and in a NoC between two routers.