wire wrap

noun

A method for constructing circuit boards with turns of wire, without having to make a printed circuit board, now mainly used to assemble prototypes that can then be modified by hand.

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Meanings

nounwire wrap (countable and uncountable, plural wire wraps)

plural wire wraps · alternative wirewrap

  1. countableuncountableA method for constructing circuit boards with turns of wire, without having to make a printed circuit board, now mainly used to assemble prototypes that can then be modified by hand.
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