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<p>and <a href="page.php?w=international_direct_dialing">international direct dialing</a>.</p>

<p><big>Description</big></p>
<p>A typical manual telephone switchboard has a vertical panel containing an array of jacks with a desk in front. The desk has a row of switches and two rows of plugs attached to cables that retract into the desk when not in use. Each pair of plugs was part of a <a href="page.php?w=cord_circuit">cord circuit</a> with a switch associated that let the operator participate in the call or ring the circuit for an incoming call. Each jack</p><p>
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