Wire chipper

it is a construction base for prototyping of electronics. … A stripboard (Veroboard) and similar prototyping printed circuit boards, which are used to build semi-permanent soldered prototypes or one-offs, cannot easily be reused

The modern breadboard is a plug-and-play way to make connections between electronic components. It gets its name from the long-dead practice of using a wooden board ( an actual bread-board if it was handy ) to prototype circuits.