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A simple analogy to transport can help explain the distinction between multiplexing and inverse multiplexing.

When small cargoes such as pencils are shipped overseas, they are generally not carried one at a time.

Rather, they are assembled into small boxes, which are grouped into larger cartons, which go into intermodal containers, which join multiple containers aboard a container ship.

Each step is a multiplexing.

Conversely a large cargo, for example in structure relocation, may be disassembled for carriage on multiple vehicles and then reassembled in the correct order at the destination.

This is inverse multiplexing.