Head end may refer to:
- A cable television headend, a master facility for receiving television signals for processing and distribution over a cable television system
- gateway (telecommunications)
- SMATV headend, (Single Master Antenna Television) This type of headend can be used for hotels, motels, and commercial properties. It is used to receive and rebroadcast Satellite TV channels throughout a property.
Famous quotes containing the word head:
“O born in days when wits were fresh and clear,
And life ran gaily as the sparkling Thames;
Before this strange disease of modern life,
With its sick hurry, its divided aims,
Its head o’ertaxed, its palsied hearts, was rife—”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)