pseudowire etymology

English word pseudowire comes from English pseudo- (False, not genuine, fake.), English wire

Detailed word origin of pseudowire

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
pseudo- English (eng) False, not genuine, fake.
wire English (eng) (informal) To send a message or a money value to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.. (slang) To install eavesdropping equipment.. (transitive, croquet) To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.. To add something into an electrical system by means of wiring; to incorporate or include something.. To equip [...]
pseudowire English (eng) (computing, telecommunications) An emulation of a point-to-point connection over a packet-switching network.

Words with the same origin as pseudowire

Descendants of pseudo-
polypseudorotaxane pseudo pseudoallergic pseudobranchial pseudocompact pseudoconcave pseudoconvex pseudodementia pseudodiffusion pseudodiscipline pseudoenvironmentalist pseudofruit pseudogenome pseudoholomorphic pseudohyponatremia pseudolithiasis pseudomerohedry pseudomusical pseudoradical pseudoresponse pseudoreversible pseudoriparian pseudoseasonal pseudoxanthoma
Descendants of wire
wiring