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Telephony

Telephony (/təˈlɛfəni/ tə-LEF-ə-nee) is the field of technology involving the development, application, and deployment of telecommunications services for the purpose of electronic transmission of voice, fax, or data, between distant parties. The history of telephony is intimately linked to the invention and development of the telephone.

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Digital telephony

IP telephony

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Telephony

Nodes142
Edges141
Triples58
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014085
Components1

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Telephony

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related to history · 18
Telephony → Bell, Bell Labs, Derick, Digital Signal, DS1/T1, Early, Early PCM, Fairchild, Frosch, In, MOS, MOSFET, PCM, Practical, RCA, Subsequently, The, They
has impact · 10
Telephony → Although, Direct, Garud, Raghuram, Social Context Cues Theory, The, They, Various, Video, Wiesenfeld
related to IP telephony · 10
Telephony → FCC, Federal Communications Commission, In, Internet, Internet Protocol, IP, The, United States, Unlike, VoIP
related to Digital telephony · 9
Telephony → Bell Telephone Laboratories, Digital, Digitization, Following, MOS, PCM, PSTN, Since, Starting
is a · 2
Telephony → Media Dependency Theory, use of digital electronics in the operation and provisioning of telephony systems and services
see also · 2
Telephony → Extended, Telecommunications

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telephone digital voice network technology systems internet data networks analog services development service communication social pcm telephones transmission computer ip

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Telephonyis ause of digital electronics in the operation and provisioning of telephony systems and services0.90text
Telephonyis aMedia Dependency Theory0.90text
computers.MOS technology eventually became practical for telephone applications with the MOS mixed-signal integrated circuitinstance ofbefore it was commercialized by Fairchild and RCA for digital electronics0.80text
which combines analoginstance ofbefore it was commercialized by Fairchild and RCA for digital electronics0.80text
digital signal processing on a single chipinstance ofbefore it was commercialized by Fairchild and RCA for digital electronics0.80text
developed by former Bell engineer David Ainstance ofbefore it was commercialized by Fairchild and RCA for digital electronics0.80text
the public switched telephone networkinstance oftelecommunication networks0.80text
SONETinstance ofapplications since the late 1990s.The development of transmission methods0.80text
fiber optic transmission further advanced digital transmissioninstance ofapplications since the late 1990s.The development of transmission methods0.80text
Telephonyhas impactDirect0.60section
Telephonyhas impactVideo0.60section
Telephonyhas impactSocial Context Cues Theory0.60section

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