multipath

🇺🇸 /'mʌltɪpæθ/ 🇬🇧 /'mʌltɪpæθ/
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When a signal in radio or telecoms reaches a receiver along several different paths, which can cause the signal to be unclear.

The multipath effect can cause problems with your TV reception in a city with lots of tall buildings.

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In computer networks, a way for data to travel through more than one route to its destination, which can help if one route fails and can also spread the data load.

The network uses multipath to make sure that if one connection goes down, the data can still get where it needs to go.

translation

n. When a signal in radio or telecoms reaches a receiver along several different paths, which can cause the signal to be unclear.; In computer networks, a way for data to travel through more than one route to its destination, which can help if one route fails and can also spread the data load.