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Telecommunications
Of or pertaining to the transmission of information over a distance, and the technology used to achieve this communication.
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handset cord
Telecommunications; Switchboard
The electrical cord connecting the “handset” to the base of the telephone.
hub
Telecommunications; Switchboard
A programmable device in a building to which coax and 10base-T connections are attached. The hub is capable of recognizing which jacks ethernet addresses use to talk to the campus ...
hunt group
Telecommunications; Switchboard
A group of phones that ring in a programmed sequence when a number that is already in use within that group is dialed.
jack
Telecommunications; Switchboard
A type of electrical outlet, usually mounted on a wall, into which the “mounting” cord of a telephone set and/or computer is plugged.
key system
Telecommunications; Switchboard
A very small switching system which uses multi-line telephones to provide a “pool” of lines for incoming and outgoing calls.
key telephone:
Telecommunications; Switchboard
A telephone set with buttons that can select several incoming lines. Key telephones do not require a prime number as do single line non-key telephones.
line:
Telecommunications; Switchboard
On most telephone systems, this generically equates to an “extension”. However, it actually refers to a physical connection to a telephone by a pair of wires.
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