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Telephone exchange

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005922

A central facility in a telecommunications network that connects telephone lines of subscribers to each other, as well as to other exchanges and networks. It routes calls between different users, enabling communication over long distances. Modern telephone exchanges are largely digital and computer-controlled, managing millions of calls simultaneously.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005922
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectElectrical engineering
TranslationsGerman: Telefonvermittlung; Spanish: central telefónica; French: central téléphonique
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005922",
  "term": "Telephone exchange",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A central facility in a telecommunications network that connects telephone lines of subscribers to each other, as well as to other exchanges and networks. It routes calls between different users, enabling communication over long distances. Modern telephone exchanges are largely digital and computer-controlled, managing millions of calls simultaneously.",
  "subject": "Electrical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Telefonvermittlung",
    "es": "central telefónica",
    "fr": "central téléphonique"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/telephone-exchange/"
}

Record 6,413 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.