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Answering machine

An answering machine, answerphone, or message machine, also known as telephone messaging machine (or TAM) in the UK and some Commonwealth countries, ansaphone or ansafone (from a trade name), or telephone answering device (TAD), is used for answering telephone calls and recording callers' messages.

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Answering and ending calls

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Answering machine

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples42
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

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Answering machine

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related to history · 20
Answering machine → Although, AT, Behind, Bell Laboratories, Benjamin Thornton, Blattnerphone, Clarence Hickman, In, Ludwig Blattner, Many, Mask, Most, Number, Schergens, Starting, The, Thornton, Valdemar Poulsen, William Muller, William Schergens
related to Recording messages · 10
Answering machine → However, If, On, Once, Single-cassette, Some, TAD, The, They, This
related to External links · 6
Answering machine → Answering, Greetings, Media, Telephone Answering MachinesSamples, Wikimedia Commons Related, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Greeting message · 6
Answering machine → In, Most, TADs, The, There, This

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answering message messages machine recording machines incoming call caller greeting telephone calls number voice device tad cassette first outgoing devices

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Answering machinerelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Answering machinerelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Answering machinerelated to External linksAnswering0.60section
Answering machinerelated to External linksWikimedia Commons Related0.60section
Answering machinerelated to External linksGreetings0.60section
Answering machinerelated to External linksTelephone Answering MachinesSamples0.60section
Answering machinerelated to Greeting messageMost0.60section
Answering machinerelated to Greeting messageThe0.60section
Answering machinerelated to Greeting messageThis0.60section
Answering machinerelated to Greeting messageTADs0.60section
Answering machinerelated to Greeting messageThere0.60section
Answering machinerelated to Greeting messageIn0.60section

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