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Telephone exchange

A telephone exchange, telephone switch, or central office is a central component of a telecommunications system in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or in large enterprises. It facilitates the establishment of communication circuits, enabling telephone calls between subscribers.

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Manual service exchanges

Early automatic exchanges

Electronic switches

Digital switches

The switch's place in the network

Switch design

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Telephone exchange

Nodes160
Edges159
Triples25
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.0125
Components1

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Telephone exchange

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related to Early automatic exchanges · 7
Telephone exchange → Almon Strowger, Automatic, Automation, DTMF, First, The, They
related to history · 5
Telephone exchange → Before, Despite, Exchanges, In, This
see also · 3
Telephone exchange → Equipment-Building SystemPoint, History, Telephones
is a · 2
Telephone exchange → most widely used digital switching platform in the world and can be found throughout Europe and in most countries around the world, telephone system for a small geographic area that provides the switching

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telephone switch exchange switches office used system central switching call digital operator systems subscriber called bell also time one dial

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Telephone exchangeis atelephone system for a small geographic area that provides the switching0.90text
Telephone exchangeis amost widely used digital switching platform in the world and can be found throughout Europe and in most countries around the world0.90text
Hillside 834 or East 23instance ofhaving listings0.80text
was recognizable by the format in which the second letter was not capitalized.Rural areasinstance ofhaving listings0.80text
as well as the smallest townsinstance ofhaving listings0.80text
had manual serviceinstance ofhaving listings0.80text
signaling was accomplished with magneto telephonesinstance ofhaving listings0.80text
which had a crank for the signaling generatorinstance ofhaving listings0.80text
blown fusesinstance ofIndicator lights on equipment bays alerted staff to conditions0.80text
Integrated Services Digital Networkinstance ofenabling digital services0.80text
Telephone exchangerelated to Early automatic exchangesAutomatic0.60section
Telephone exchangerelated to Early automatic exchangesAlmon Strowger0.60section

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