telephone exchange

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telephone exchange

A central system of switches and other equipment that establishes connections between individual telephones. Also called switchboard.

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Noun

telephone exchange - a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

central, exchange

centrex - (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange

patchboard, plugboard, switchboard - telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords

phone system, telephone system - a communication system that transmits sound between distant points

workplace, work - a place where work is done; "he arrived at work early today"

Translations

telephone exchange n → centralino (telefonico)

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