simplex
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (2)
- allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at a time“simplex system”
- having only one part or element“a simplex word has no affixes and is not part of a compound--like `boy' compared with `boyish' or `house' compared with `houseboat'”
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
simplex
1.<communications> Used to describe a communications channel that can only ever carry a signal in one direction, like a one-way street. Television is an example of (broadcast) simplex communication.
Opposite: duplex.
2.<algorithm> The simplex method.
(2001-07-21)