Meaning Of The Word Switchboard

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What's The Definition Of Switchboard?

switchboard
countable noun: A switchboard is a place in a large office or business where all the phone calls are connected.

switchboard in American English
a board or panel equipped with apparatus for controlling the operation of a system of electric circuits, as in a telephone exchange
noun: a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually

switchboard in British English
noun: an installation in a telephone exchange, office, hotel, etc, at which the interconnection of telephone lines is manually controlled

switchboard in Electrical Engineering
noun: A switchboard is an assembly of switchgear for the control of power supplies in an installation or building.

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