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A feature included on some cellular phones or laptops which disables the radio, thus precluding any interference with avionics. In this mode the phone's stand-alone features (such as its games or scheduler) can be used safely in environments requiring minimal radio interference.
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(video games) A small potentiometer-based joystick mounted on a game controller.
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A signalling device that shows which of several electrical circuits is active, especially such a device in a telephone switchboard
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(radio) A device that allows users to make telephone calls via a repeater
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An intercom system that enables a person to remotely detect sounds of distress from a baby; a baby alarm.
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bulletin board (electronic message system)
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(telephony, hacking) A device used in phreaking, technically equivalent to a telephone company lineman's handset: a telephone fitted with alligator clips to attach it to a line.
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A device used in phreaking that prevents the calling party from being billed for the call placed.
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A supposed device used in phreaking, capable of shorting out every telephone in the local area; actually a hoax.
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(telecommunications) A kind of telephone line allowing numerous people to come together in a conference call.
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(telephony) A device used in phreaking that allows the creation of a party line from two telephone lines.
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(Canada, US, informal) A man who works for the cable television service and installs cable television.
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A mobile phone device specifically designed for and fitted into an automobile.
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(music) A small cassette containing a single track of popular music on each side
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(music) a 3-inch CD single
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Alternative spelling of cell phone lot [A parking lot for those waiting to retrieve people from, for example, an airport; they can wait in this lot instead of circling until they spot their respective targets.]
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Alternative spelling of chatline [A telephone service in which a caller may converse with an operator on a specific subject.]
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A device formerly used by phreakers to convert a home telephone line into a payphone.
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Synonym of crisis hotline
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(telephony) situation when portions of a second call are audible to persons on a telephone connection.
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The process of quickly replacing a telephone switchboard, in which the connections are duplicated to the new machine and the original connections are then suddenly disconnected.
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(video games) A plus-shaped directional input pad on a video game controller that allows for eight degrees of movement, now largely superseded by the thumbstick.
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(transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
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Of a system or service, accepting incoming connections over a telephone line.
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(computing) Alternative spelling of dial-up [(computing) A network connection that requires a telephone number to be dialed.]
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Alternative form of doorphone [An entryphone.]
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Alternative form of flip phone [A mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open when the phone is in use.]
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Alternative spelling of goggle box [(Britain, slang) A television set.]
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A device used in phreaking to divert an incoming call to a second telephone line.
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A device used in phreaking to produce various tones (coin collect, coin return, and ringback) that allow illicit control of a payphone.
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The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand.
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An electronic eavesdropping device (bug) that attaches to a landline telephone and is activated or deactivated by a specific tone. When activated, it prevents the telephone from ringing but activates its microphone to transmit to another telephone at a remote location.
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landline (telephone in one's house)
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Alternative form of hot button [A central issue, concern or characteristic, especially one that motivates people to make a choice.]
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A telephone line that is always staffed and able to give immediate assistance.
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A device for routing electrical signals by means of a number of jacks.
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A device used in phreaking that indicates when a telephone line is in use by means of a light.
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(Philippines) prepaid phone credit
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In telephony, a source of local power for a telephone instrument, as opposed to being powered from the central office.
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Synonym of pulse dialing
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(slang) A simple portable transmitter sometimes used in phreaking.
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(US, telecommunications, informal, historical) Collectively, the family of companies associated with American Telephone & Telegraph, providing telephone service in the United States for many years through 1983.
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A supposed device used in phreaking, said to be able to tap telephone lines at a distance by generating a magnetic field; actually a hoax.
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The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
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(UK, historical) A short alphanumeric sequence used in place of a postal address.
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A device for multitrack recording.
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(electronics) A portion of a mobile phone that overlaps the edge of the screen, used to house camera, sensors etc. while maximizing screen space.
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A device used in phreaking to add an external ringer to a telephone line.
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A single telephone line which is shared by two or more households.
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A device (originally fitted with a pen, but now purely electronic) that records all numbers called from a particular telephone line.
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A collection of telephones within an organization such as a call center.
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A message sent by carrier pigeon.
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A device used in phreaking that allows the creation of a party line.
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One of a series of very short, electronically produced tones, used, for example, to count down the final few seconds before a given time or to indicate that a caller using a payphone needs to make further payment to continue the call.
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An unintentional telephone call made from a cell phone in one's (pants) pocket due to body movement.
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Alternative spelling of pocket dial [(idiomatic, informal) A situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.]
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A device used in phreaking that adds a hold facility to a telephone line.
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Alternative spelling of push-button [Which can be initiated or activated at the push of a button.]
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A pad that can be pushed to activate a device.
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A supposed device used in phreaking, said to damage telephone lines by sending a high voltage through them; actually a hoax.
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A phreaking device that generates tones to simulate the insertion of coins into a payphone, thus enabling the user to make illegitimate free calls.
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(telecommunications) Fitted with repeaters, as on a transmission line
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Alternative form of Rolodex [To index, or scan through, in the manner of a rotating file index.]
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A service provided by telephone companies where people can get the time by phoning a certain number.
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(computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs. Bulk blank CDs, DVDs, and BDs are often sold in such a package.
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(slang) An intercom or public address system.
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(informal) candlestick telephone
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(US law enforcement) A device that simulates a cell tower, used to intercept cell phone communications.
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An obsolescent design of telephone exchange that uses Strowger switches as the call routing elements.
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Abbreviation of switchboard. [(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.]
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(telecommunications) A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
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The use of a switchboard.
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(telecommunications) A room, often an entire floor, containing switching equipment, especially for telephone lines.
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To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
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A small enclosure housing a public telephone.
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A very small desk for writing notes while speaking on the telephone, and in some cases to support the telephone or hold telephone books.
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(telephony, dated) A female telephone operator.
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A base station to which users of early mobile phones could connect in order to place (but not receive) calls.
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(South Africa, slang) A payphone.
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(South Africa, slang) A payphone; Alternative spelling of tickey box
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A hotline allowing callers to tip off the authorities.
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A landline, especially one between telephone exchanges
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(telecommunications) To transmit a signal or data back to a central switching point before sending it out to its destination.
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(US, telecommunications) A circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.
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A ticket vending machine.
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(electronics, television) A device used to circumvent pay TV restrictions, restoring the hacked hardware from an infinite loop state that makes it otherwise unusable.
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A supposed device used in phreaking, capable of causing seizures or physical injury to the person at the other end of the telephone line; actually a hoax.
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A device used in phreaking, employing a resistor to hold a payphone line open when it would usually be cut off.
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To search for a Wi-Fi wireless network while driving a motor vehicle.
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A telephone line that provides assistance for people whose need is not urgent.
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A room in which wires (telegrams or their modern equivalent) are received and acted on
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A connection installed on a telephone line or other communications system in order to allow a third party to conduct covert surveillance of conversations.
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To use a remote control to repeatedly change channels on a television.
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