plex

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Definition of plex in English English dictionary

plexus n , pl -us or -uses Anat A structure in the form of a network, esp of nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatics; the solar plexus [plectere, to plait ] The purpose of this package is to handle the logical connection between elements of the detector above the physical level It would not be concerned with the placement of physical strips and steel, but instead be responsible for providing the navigation from strips to fibers to pixel spots to pixels (anodes) to tube and/or electronics chip It should also allow a reverse navigation

A Printing Systems Manager (PSM) attribute used for defining the capability of a printer to support different placements of output images on a medium For example, the plex attribute could specify whether the printer is to support simplex or tumble mode

A copy of a volume's logical data address space, also sometimes known as a mirror A volume can have up to eight plexes associated with it Each plex is, at least conceptually, a copy of the volume that is maintained consistently in the presence of volume I/O and reconfigurations Plexes represent the primary means of configuring storage for a volume Plexes can have a striped or concatenated organization (layout)

Refers to the number of sides imaged, for example, 1-sided (also called simplex), 2-sided (also called duplex)

Related Terms

-plex

comprising a number of parts

Turkish pronunciation

pleks

Pronunciation

/ˈpleks/ /ˈplɛks/

Etymology

(noun combining form.) partly from Latin -plex ; partly from complex.