Pulse dialing

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004579",
  "term": "Pulse dialing",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A method of signaling in telecommunications where a telephone number is transmitted by a series of electrical pulses, corresponding to the digits of the number. Each digit is represented by a specific number of pulses, with pauses between digits. This system was prevalent in older rotary dial telephones and is largely superseded by tone dialing (DTMF).",
  "synonyms": [
    "loop disconnect dialing",
    "rotary dialing",
    "decadic dialing"
  ],
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "see_also": [
    "tone dialing",
    "touch-tone dialing"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Impulswahlverfahren",
    "es": "marcación por pulsos",
    "fr": "numérotation par impulsions"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/pulse-dialing/"
}