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I just saw this question where the OP tagged the question as and .

Looking at the info for , there's no information whatsoever.

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With , this is different.

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Is there a reason why we need both of these tags if one is simply a shorthanded writing expression of the other? Both tags do receive a fair amount of utilization.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ What is a "multiplexer" anyway? Is it a 74HC digital mux, a RF multiplexer, an analog switch, something else? Seems fairly ambiguous to me. If you just say "mux" though, I will assume some 74HC standard digital IC. \$\endgroup\$
    – Lundin
    Commented Nov 2, 2018 at 14:21
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    \$\begingroup\$ @Lundin Well my point was these two tags are homogeneous. You can use these two expressions interchangeably (even for an RF multiplexer, you can say "mux" as well). I believe the action of implementing a multiplexer is either called muxing or multiplexing. Overall, these two expressions can be used at the same time. I don't think the community will delete one or the other but rather combine both of them into a single tag. So when a user tags a question as "mux", "multiplexer" will also show up under the same option. \$\endgroup\$
    – user103380
    Commented Nov 2, 2018 at 14:27
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Lundin. I assume nothing by the term 'mux'. Sure there is analog and digital, but there is a huge gap in speed between a 74HCxx series and MC100EPxx ECL series, some of which work to 3 GHZ. \$\endgroup\$
    – user105652
    Commented Nov 4, 2018 at 3:02
  • \$\begingroup\$ Isn't a mux and a multiplexer the same thing? \$\endgroup\$
    – iBug
    Commented Nov 14, 2018 at 3:24
  • \$\begingroup\$ @iBug Precisely why I asked this question. \$\endgroup\$
    – user103380
    Commented Nov 14, 2018 at 3:30

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There doesn't seem to be any point having both of them.

I've proposed the tag synonym on the multiplexer page to have mapped to as they are basically common terms for the same thing.

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    \$\begingroup\$ First time I ever notice this tag synonyms voting system. Providing a link was a good idea. \$\endgroup\$
    – dim
    Commented Nov 2, 2018 at 12:34
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    \$\begingroup\$ Muxing is also a synonym :) Unfortunately I don't have enough "rep" to vote on this. \$\endgroup\$
    – user103380
    Commented Nov 2, 2018 at 14:30
  • \$\begingroup\$ @KingDuken Mux is now a synonym. I've not proposed muxing for now as there are no questions tagged with it. If that changes later, it can always be proposed. \$\endgroup\$
    – Tom Carpenter
    Commented Nov 13, 2018 at 12:49

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