Telephone (disambiguation)
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A Telephone
, also called a 'phone', is a telecommunication
device which is used to transmit and receive sound simultaneously. Telephone or phone may also refer to:
Telecommunications:
Social and cultural:
In music, film and the arts:
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Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
, also called a 'phone', is a telecommunication
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
device which is used to transmit and receive sound simultaneously. Telephone or phone may also refer to:
Telecommunications:
- Camera phoneCamera phoneA camera phone is a mobile phone which is able to capture still photographs . Since early in the 21st century the majority of mobile phones in use are camera phones....
, a mobile phone that is also able to capture either still photographs or video - Cordless telephoneCordless telephoneA cordless telephone or portable telephone is a telephone with a wireless handset that communicates via radio waves with a base station connected to a fixed telephone line, usually within a limited range of its base station...
, a telephone with a wireless handset that communicates via radio waves to its base station - Mobile phoneMobile phoneA mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
, (a.k.a. a 'cell', 'cellphone' or 'mobile') is a wireless telecommunications device used for phone and data calls over a cellular network - RadiotelephoneRadiotelephoneA radiotelephone is a communications system for transmission of speech over radio. Radiotelephone systems are not necessarily interconnected with the public "land line" telephone network. "Radiotelephone" is often used to describe the usage of radio spectrum where it is important to distinguish the...
, (a.k.a. a 'radiophone') a telephone that allows two or more people to talk via radio, often referring to an older radio telephone system that predated modern mobile (cellular) phones - SoftphoneSoftphoneA softphone is a software program for making telephone calls over the Internet using a general purpose computer, rather than using dedicated hardware. Often a softphone is designed to behave like a traditional telephone, sometimes appearing as an image of a phone, with a display panel and buttons...
, a software program for making telephone calls over the Internet using computers - Telephone (application)Telephone (application)Telephone is a softphone for Mac OS X. It uses Session Initiation Protocol for communication. Telephone is distributed as free software under a variety of licenses.- Audio codecs :* G.711 family codec ;...
, a softphone telecommunication app for Mac OS X, by Alexei Kuznetsov - Tin can telephoneTin can telephoneA tin can telephone is a type of voice-transmitting device made up of two tin cans, paper cups or similarly shaped items attached to either end of a taut string or wire.- How it works :...
, a type of voice-transmitting device usually made from two tin cans and string or wire - VideophoneVideophoneA videophone is a telephone with a video screen, and is capable of full duplex video and audio transmissions for communication between people in real-time...
, telephones with video displays, which enable their users to see each other as well in real time
Social and cultural:
- Chinese whispersChinese whispersChinese whispers is one name for a game played around the world, in which one person whispers a message to another, which is passed through a line of people until the last player announces the message to the entire group...
(a.k.a. Telephone, Broken Telephone, Le téléphone arabe, Wisper Down The Lane, or the Telephone Game), a children's game often played at parties or at a playground
In music, film and the arts:
- TéléphoneTéléphoneTéléphone was a French rock band formed in 1976 by Jean-Louis Aubert , Louis Bertignac , Corine Marienneau and Richard Kolinka ....
, a French rock band formed in 1976 - Telephone (song)Telephone (song)"Telephone" is a song written and performed by Lady Gaga. It was released from her third extended play and second major release The Fame Monster . The song, featuring American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles, was written by Gaga and Rodney Jerkins...
, a 2009 song by Lady GagaLady GaGaStefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
and Beyoncé - Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)Telefone is a dance/pop single recorded by Scottish singer Sheena Easton, the first single released from her fourth album, 1983's Best Kept Secret....
, a 1983 song by Sheena Easton - Telephone, a 1984 song by Diana RossDiana RossDiana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
- The Telephone Album, a 1998 album by the band Lotion
- Telefon (film), a 1977 spy film directed by Don Siegel
- Telephonic Conversation, an 1880 short story by Mark TwainMark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
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- Speaking tubeSpeaking tubeA speaking tube or voicepipe is a device based on two cones connected by an air pipe through which speech can be transmitted over an extended distance. While its most common use was in intra-ship communications, the principle was also used in fine homes and offices of the 19th century, as well as...
, a non-electrical communication device using two cones connected by an air pipe. Users alternately speak to and then listen to the other person they're talking with.