tapping of telephones
1Telephone tapping — Wiretap redirects here. For the radio program, see WireTap (radio program). Telephone tapping (also wire tapping or wiretapping in American English) is the monitoring of telephone and Internet conversations by a third party, often by covert means …
2Telephone tapping in the Eastern Bloc — Telephone tapping in the countries of the Eastern Bloc was a widespread method of the total surveillance of the population by the secret police.In some countries, this was open and legal. During martial law in Poland, official censorship was… …
3Greece — /grees/, n. 1. Ancient Greek, Hellas. Modern Greek, Ellas. a republic in S Europe at the S end of the Balkan Peninsula. 10,583,126; 50,147 sq. mi. (129,880 sq. km). Cap.: Athens. 2. a city in W New York. 16,177. * * * Greece Introduction Greece… …
4National Security Agency — NSA redirects here. For other uses, see NSA (disambiguation). For the Bahraini intelligence agency, see National Security Agency (Bahrain). National Security Agency Agency overview …
5Surveillance, Audio — Party leader Joseph Stalin began eavesdropping on his colleagues in 1922, when he ordered telephone taps on members of the Soviet leadership. According to Stalin’s private secretary, in the mid 1920s Stalin listened to the phone conversations… …
6Pulse dialing — Middle 20th century rotary dial telephone Pulse dialing, dial pulse, or loop disconnect dialing, also called rotary or decadic dialling in the United Kingdom (because up to 10 pulses are sent), is pulsing in which a direct current pulse train is… …
7Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… …
8Iwatsu Electric — Infobox Company company name = Iwatsu Electric Co., Ltd. company type = Corporation tyo|6704 company foundation = Tokyo, Japan (1938) location = Tokyo, Japan key people = Yoshiyuki Ishibashi, President num employees = 543 (1,659 including… …
9Telephone — The telephone (from the el. τῆλε, tēle , far and φωνή, phōnē , voice ) is a telecommunications device that is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly speech), usually two people conversing but occasionally three or more. It is one of… …
10Desmond O'Malley — Leader of the Progressive Democrats In office 21 December 1985 – 12 October 1993 Preceded by New position Succeeded by Mary Harney …
