switchboards

Synonyms

plugboard

Examples

As telephone exchanges converted to automatic ( dial ) service, switchboards continued to serve specialized purposes. Source: Internet

Being impractical beyond just a few customers, these systems were quickly replaced by manually operated centrally located switchboards. Source: Internet

In 1878 he made an agreement to supply telephones and switchboards to Sweden's first telecommunications operating company, Stockholms Allmänna Telefonaktiebolag. Source: Internet

Cord switchboards were often referred to as "cordboards" by telephone company personnel. Source: Internet

Early switchboards in large cities usually were mounted floor to ceiling in order to allow the operators to reach all the lines in the exchange. Source: Internet

Fans are unable to see Oakland (which had been trailing 32–29) score 2 late touchdowns to win 43–32; as a result, thousands of outraged football fans flood the NBC switchboards to protest. Source: Internet