Simplex

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  simplex
       adj 1: allowing communication in only one direction at a time, or
              in telegraphy allowing only one message over a line at
              a time; "simplex system"
       2: having only one part or element; "a simplex word has no
          affixes and is not part of a compound--like `boy' compared


          with `boyish' or `house' compared with `houseboat'"

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  simplex
       
          1.  Used to describe a communications channel
          that can only ever carry a signal in one direction, like a
          one-way street.  Television is an example of ({broadcast})
          simplex communication.
       
          Opposite: {duplex}.
       
          2.  The {simplex method}.
       
          (2001-07-21)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SIMPLEX. Simple or single; as, charta simplex, is a deed-poll, of single 
  deed. Jacob's L. Dict. h.t.