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Telephone

A telephone, commonly shortened to phone, is a telecommunications device that enables two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly. A telephone converts sound, typically and most efficiently the human voice, into electronic signals that are transmitted via cables and other communication channels to…

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Early history

Early commercial instruments

Sound-powered telephones

Digital telephones and voice over IP

Cordless telephones

Mobile phones

Satellite phones

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Telephone

Nodes183
Edges182
Triples259
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010929
Components1

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Telephone

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related to Further reading · 63
Telephone → Alexander Bell Controversy, Alexander Graham Bell, America, American Telephone, Anton, AT, Bell, Bell System, Brooks, Bruce, California Press, Cambridge, Capsule History, Casson, Claude, Co, Coe, Conquest, Cornell University Press, Edward
related to Timeline of early development · 52
Telephone → Alexander Graham Bell, Antonio Meucci, Aoste, April, August, Bell, Bell's, Charles Bourseul, Das Pferd, December, Edison, Electric Telegraphs, Elisha Gray, England, English, February, Frankfurt, Gray, Gurkensalat, He
related to External links · 42
Telephone → Alexander Graham BellUS, Amos Edward Joel, Anthony, Archived, Bell, Bell Labs, Bell's, Carbon Telephone, Cellular Mobile Communication System, Communication, Duplex Radio Communication, DynaTAC, Early, Electric Telegraphy, Emile, Encyclopædia Britannica, Far Speaking, Garcke, Harry Robert, Internet Archive
see also · 26
Telephone → American, Bell System, Bell Telephone Memorial, Brantford, CanadaCellular, Communications, Conductors, Connectors, GDPList, Graph, Integrated, Keypad, MMS, Monument, Ontario, Operating, Portable, Real-time, Standard, Surveillance
related to history · 10
Telephone → Before, Captain John Taylor, Claude Chappe, Gottfried Huth, His, Huth, Johann Philipp Reis, Perhaps, Reis, This
related to Early commercial instruments · 9
Telephone → Bell, During, Early, Edison/Berliner, Most, One, Some, The, The Edison
related to Mobile phones · 9
Telephone → Analog, GSM, IMSI, Mobile, Over, PVC, SIM, The, The SIM
related to Base station · 7
Telephone → AC, Base, DC, ID, In, Muilt-handset, The
related to Satellite phones · 7
Telephone → Depending, Earth, Earth's, Internet, Satellite, The, Therefore
related to Digital telephones and voice over IP · 6
Telephone → Integrated Services Digital Network, ISDN, MOS, PCM, The, With

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Telephoneis atelephone which transmits voice communication by wire0.90text
radioinstance ofAs with other influential inventions0.80text
televisioninstance ofAs with other influential inventions0.80text
the light bulbinstance ofAs with other influential inventions0.80text
and the computerinstance ofAs with other influential inventions0.80text
several inventors pioneered experimental work on voice transmission over a wireinstance ofAs with other influential inventions0.80text
improved on each other's ideasinstance ofAs with other influential inventions0.80text
crosstalkinstance ofand more popular.Disadvantages of single-wire operation0.80text
hum from nearby AC power wires had already led to the use of twisted pairs andinstance ofand more popular.Disadvantages of single-wire operation0.80text
for long-distance telephonesinstance ofand more popular.Disadvantages of single-wire operation0.80text
four-wire circuitsinstance ofand more popular.Disadvantages of single-wire operation0.80text
pulse-code modulationinstance ofand new transmission technologies0.80text

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