circuit-switched exchange
1Circuit switching — is a methodology of implementing a telecommunications network in which two network nodes establish a dedicated communications channel (circuit) through the network before the nodes may communicate. The circuit guarantees the full bandwidth of the …
2Teletypewriter exchange service — (TWX) Western Union s domestic teletypewriter circuit switched exchange service, providing subscribers with written records of their communications; a nationwide dial up network for teletypewriter and low speed business machines. Charges… …
3Private branch exchange — A private branch exchange (PBX) is a telephone exchange that serves a particular business or office, as opposed to one that a common carrier or telephone company operates for many businesses or for the general public. PBXs are also referred to as …
4Public switched telephone network — The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the network of the world s public circuit switched telephone networks. It consists of telephone lines, fiber optic cables, microwave transmission links, cellular networks, communications satellites …
5Ip exchange — IPX (IP eXchange) is a telecommunication roaming and interconnection network designed to for the purpose of exchanging IP based traffic between the customers of separate mobile and fixed operators as well as other service providers (such as ISP)… …
6AXE telephone exchange — The AXE telephone exchange is a product line of circuit switched digital telephone exchanges manufactured by Ericsson, a Swedish telecom company.The AXE is the digital successor to the AKE analogue telephone exchange and ARF/ARM family of… …
7Telephone exchange — A telephone operator manually connecting calls with cord pairs at a telephone switchboard. In the field of telecommunications, a telephone exchange or telephone switch is a system of electronic components that connects telephone calls. A central… …
8Foreign exchange office — In telecommunications, a Foreign Exchange Office, or FXO, is a telephone signaling interface that receives POTS, or plain old telephone service . It generates the on hook and off hook indicators used to signal a loop closure at the FXS s end of… …
9public switched network — (PSN) Any switching system that provides circuit switching to many customers. In the U.S., there are four: Telex, TWX, telephone, and Broadband Exchange …
10TWX — (teletypewriter exchange service) Western Union s domestic teletypewriter circuit switched exchange service, providing subscribers with written records of their communications; a nationwide dial up network for teletypewriter and low speed… …
