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  2. Party line (telephony) - Wikipedia

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    When the party line was already in use, if any of the other subscribers to that line picked up the phone, they could hear and participate in the conversation. Eavesdropping opportunities abounded. If one of the parties used the phone heavily, then the inconvenience for the others was more than occasional, as depicted in the 1959 comedy film ...

  3. Telephone call - Wikipedia

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    The call may use land line, mobile phone, satellite phone or any combination thereof. When a telephone call has more than one called party it is referred to as a conference call. When two or more users of the network are sharing the same physical line, it is called a party line or Rural phone line. U.S. President Gerald Ford on the phone

  4. Chat line - Wikipedia

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    A chat line is a service that allows people to meet and talk with others via telephone call. When multiple people can join the call, they are also called party lines . However, more recent [ when? ] chat lines are similar to CB radio in which a number of people both listen and speak together.

  5. Phone etiquette 101: When it’s rude to be on speaker — and ...

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    Turn your phone off for important conversations and moments. You want to be present for these moments. If you’re using your phone as a camera, at least put it in airplane or Do Not Disturb mode.

  6. List of telephony terminology - Wikipedia

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    Call originator - (or calling party, caller or A-party) a person or device that initiates a telephone call by dialling a telephone number. Call waiting - a system that notifies a caller of another incoming telephone call by sounding a sound in the earpiece. Called party - (or callee or B-party) Caller; Calling party; Conference call (multi ...

  7. Telephone exchange - Wikipedia

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    The party line letters W, R, J, and M were only used in manual exchanges with jack-per-line party lines. Montreal telephone exchange ( c. 1895 ) In contrast to the listing format MAin 1234 for an automated office with two capital letters, a manual office, having listings such as Hillside 834 or East 23, was recognizable by the format in which ...

  8. Internet Party Line - Wikipedia

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    Internet Party Line (or simply iParty) was one of the first Internet telephony and conference software for Microsoft Windows. It was made by Intel and released as an experimental prototype in 1995. It featured a push-to-talk method of sending audio, in which each received audio clip was played in order without mixing, regardless of multiple ...

  9. Party line - Wikipedia

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    Party line or Party Line may refer to: Party line (politics) , the agenda of a political party Party line (telephony) , a system where multiple telephone customers are connected to the same phone line