(telephone) operator
1Telephone operator — For the 1937 film, see Telephone Operator (film). A telephone operator at work on her private switchboard in 1975 A telephone operator is either a person who provides assistance to a telephone caller, usually in the placing of operator assisted… …
2telephone operator apparatus — telefonininkės aparatas statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. telephone operator apparatus vok. Bedienungsfernsprecher, m rus. аппарат телефонистки, m pranc. appareil d opératrice, m …
3telephone operator — noun someone who helps callers get the person they are calling (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑telephonist, ↑switchboard operator • Derivationally related forms: ↑telephony (for: ↑telephonist) …
4telephone operator — noun a) a person who operates a telephone switchboard b) a person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone …
5telephone operator — one who works for a telephone company and provides various customer services (such as international dialing, assistance with service problems, and other inquiries) …
6Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) — Single by Jim Croce from the album You Don t Mess Around with Jim …
7Operator — may refer to: Contents 1 Music 2 Computers 3 Science and mathematics …
8Operator (disambiguation) — Operator can mean:* Operator, a type of mathematical function * Operator (biology), a segment of DNA regulating the activity of genes * Operator (extension), an extension for the Firefox web browser, for reading microformats * Operator (IRC), a… …
9operator — [äp′ə rāt΄ər] n. 1. a person who operates; specif., a) a person who effects something; agent ☆ b) a person whose work is operating a machine; specif., a person who operates a telephone switchboard [a telephone operator ] ☆ c) a person engaged in… …
10Telephone 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… …
