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:
“Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels on the head of a pin, and you will be asked in return to never mind the angels, tell me who controls the production of pins.”
—Joan Didion (b. 1934)