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:
“He was thoughtful and grave—but the orders he gave
Were enough to bewilder a crew.
When he cried “Steer to starboard, but keep her head larboard!”
What on earth was the helmsman to do?”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)