switchboard

Noun

Meaning

(telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.

(electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.

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Aftermath Corporal W. Nichorster of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals examines the telephone switchboard in the underground bunker of a German radar station at Beny-sur-Mer. Source: Internet

Caserta admitted to waiting until late Saturday night to dial the Landmark switchboard, only to learn that Joplin had instructed the desk clerk to get rid of all her incoming phone callers after midnight. Source: Internet

Capital's switchboard was jammed with callers wanting to know when the song was going to be released – on one occasion Everett aired the song 36 times in one day. Source: Internet

He saw the possibility of making a documentary film about the dam and when his initial contract ended, in order to prolong his time at the dam, moved to the post of telephone switchboard operator. Source: Internet

"Aboard every bus we have a clipboard with the numbers to the police and our switchboard," Anders said. Source: Internet

“Rosehill” then won the Guardian fiction prize, followed by “Switchboard Operators that spawned two series for BBC TV. Source: Internet

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