headend

Etymology

From head + end.

headend means A cable TV control center, at which terrestrial and satellite signals are received, monitored and injected into the cable network. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.

noun

A cable TV control center, at which terrestrial and satellite signals are received, monitored and injected into the cable network.“The headend cable modem handles the medium access control (MAC) protocol which is necessary for point-to-multipoint operation on the tree-and-branch network.”