The Crossword Solver found 20 answers to “___ call (attendance check)”, 4 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
Answer : Dial
operate a dial to select a telephone number; “You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial”
choose by means of a dial; “dial a telephone number“
Rotary dial phones are the earliest user controlled phone to be mass produced. Prior to the rotary phone a user would pick up the phone, wait for the operator to answer and then tell the operator who they wanted to be connected with. With the rotary dial, the user was able to dial freely, allowing for quicker and more convenient connection to the people they wanted to speak with.
In 1878 the first telephone exchange was installed in New Haven, Connecticut. This system required an operator to connect the lines by using patch cables. The user, picking up the phone, would light a signal lamp on the operators panel. The operator would answer and “patch” the caller through to the other end. This system was cumbersome, but existed in some form for decades. During World War II, the military had priority use for phone systems. This slowed civilian traffic and a cross-country call could take as long as 2 hours to connect if manual connection was needed.
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