Switchboard

Definition: Switchboard

Switchboard

Noun

1. Telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords.

Date "switchboard" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1913. (references)

Domain	Definition
Electrical Engineering	Consists of an assembly of apparatus on a board, panel, framework, etc. (e. g. , switches, fuses). Source: European Union. (references)
Computing	A room in which operators handle calls by means of a switchboard. Source: European Union. (references)
Electrical Engineering	A large single panel, frame, or assembly of panels having switches, overcurrent, and other protective devices, buses, and usually instruments mounted on the face or back or both. Source: European Union. (references)
Post & Telecom	Suite of one or more operating positions at which the interconnection of lines is manually controlled. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The term switchboard, when used by itself can refer to:

Telephone_switchboard
Electric switchboard

Synonyms: Switchboard

Synonyms: patchboard (n), plugboard (n). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Krazy Kat at the Switchboard (1916)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Switchboard Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Hotel Switchboard Operator (reference) Pbx Switchboard Workbook (reference) SWITCHBOARD INCORP.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference) Switchboard Operator (0833) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Dream Drama Switchboard (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	"Love Affair: Or, The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator " (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Operators answering calls at CDC switchboard. Credit: CDC.		CDC switchboard equipment, installed in 1974. Credit: CDC.
	U.S.S. Oregon switchboard in dynamo room. Credit: Library of Congress.		Dynamo room with switchboard. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Stoneleigh Courts Apartments, Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. - main desk in lobby, showing mail slots and switchboard operator. Credit: Library of Congress.		Operator making repairs on back of switchboard panel. Forest Products laboratory. Madison, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Pattern of wires and plugs under switchboard panel. Forest Products laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress.		Walter Kidde, Bloomfield, New Jersey. View to switchboard. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Switchboard operator. Miss Judge. Credit: Library of Congress.		Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Operator at switchboard at Buzzard Point plant. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Vietel was allowed to operate pagers, earth cellular communication services, mobile phones, public switchboard telephones and postal services including parcel post and money transfers. (references)
Children	Peru	Among those who do, many have been channeled into occupations traditionally assumed to be "suitable" for persons with disabilities, such as telephone switchboard operation and massage, in the case of the blind. (references)
Economic History	Uzbekistan	During the first stage, a central switchboard will be set in Tashkent and link the national network to international and local information networks, including the Internet. (references)
	Syria	Mobil Oil has invested in a small joint venture lube oil blending facility, Nestle has invested in a food processing facility, and Samsung is manufacturing telephone switchboard equipment in a joint venture with the public sector electronics manufacturing company Syronics. (references)
Travel	Bulgaria	For further information concerning entry requirements, travelers should contact the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria at 1621 22nd St., NW., Washington, DC. 20008, web site http://www.bulgaria-embassy.org/, phone (202) 483-5885 (main switchboard 202-387-7969) or the Bulgarian Consulate in New York City. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Switchboard" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 79.84% of the time. "Switchboard" is used about 253 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	79.84%	202	21,454
Noun (common)	20.16%	51	47,619
Total	100.00%	253	N/A

Country	Name
USA	Switchboard Incorporated
	(more examples...)

Expressions using "switchboard": switchboard multiple ♦ switchboard number ♦ switchboard operator ♦ switchboard operator position ♦ switchboard panel. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "switchboard": switchboard-operator.
	Ending with "switchboard": ex-switchboard, feeder-switchboard, inter-switchboard, receptionist-cum-switchboard.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "switchboard"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		komutator (commutator, interoffice telephone, junction board). (various references)

Arabic		‏مركزية الهواتف, ‏لوحة مفاتيح الكهرباء. (various references)

Bulgarian		разпределително табло, телефонен номератор, комутационно табло. (various references)

Chinese		總機 (central exchange, telephone exchange), 交换机. (various references)

Czech		rozvodná deska, přepojovaè (commutator, switch-board). (various references)

Danish		omstillingsrum (operating room), omstillingsbord (attendant's console, attendant's set, business exchange, business telephone exchange, business telephone system, exchange, office exchange, operating position, operator position, operator's console, operator's position, private branch exchange, switchboard operator position), koblingsapparat, Fordelingstavle (distributing board). (various references)

Dutch		schakeltafel (console, control board, control console, control desk, switch board, switch desk), schakelbord (console, control board, control console, control desk, control panel, keyboard, multiple, subscriber's multiple, switch board, switch desk, switchboard multiple), verdeelbord (distributing board), verbindingstafel, telefooncentrale (central office, dial office, exchange, office, operating room, telephone central office, telephone exchange), post (mail, pole, post, stake, stanchion), handpost, centrale post, centrale (exchange, power station), bedieningspost. (various references)

Farsi		صفحه کلیدبرق یاتلفن , صفحه تقسیم برق . (various references)

Finnish		jakotaulu. (various references)

French		tableau de distribution, standard. (various references)

German		Schaltbrett (control panel), telefonzentrale (central office, dial office, exchange, office, operator, telephone central office, telephone exchange, toll center, toll centre), schalttafel (control panel, panel, switch panel), Schaltschrank (control panel). (various references)

Greek		κεντρικός τηλεφωνικός πίνακας, συνδετήρ τηλεφωνικών συρμάτων, πίνακας χειρισμού (control panel), πίνακας διανομής (distributing board), χειροκίνητος μεταλλάκτης. (various references)

Hebrew		מרכזי�" (telephone exchange), לוח חבורים, לוח בקר�" (console, control panel), רכזת. (various references)

Hungarian		kapcsolótábla (board, instrument board, instrument panel, junction board, panel). (various references)

Italian		centralino (exchange). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		配電盤 (distributing board), 交換器 , 交換台 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"うか�"� い, �"うか�"き, はいで�"ば�" (distributing board). (various references)

Korean		교환대. (various references)

Manx		claare caghlaaee. (various references)

Pig Latin		itchboardsway

Portuguese		quadro de distribuição (distributing board, distributing frame, distribution frame). (various references)

Russian		распределительный щит (distributing board), щит управления, коммутационный щит, операционный щит. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		telefonska centrala (telephone exchange), razvodna tabla (junction board). (various references)

Spanish		sala de operadoras (operating room), tablero para distribucion, tablero de conmutadores, panel de conmutación (panel, switchboard panel, vertical panel), cuadro de dispersión (control board), cuadro de conexión manual, cuadro conmutador, centralita telefónica, central telefónica (exchange, telephone exchange). (various references)

Swedish		instrumenttavla (panel). (various references)

Turkish		telefon santrali, elektrik dağılım tablosu. (various references)

Ukrainian		розподільний щит, щит управління, комутатор (board, commutator, keyboard). (various references)

Vietnamese		tổng đ� i. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "switchboard": switchboards. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Switchboard" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: switchbord. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "switchboard" (pronounced swi"khbô'rd)
4	-b ô' r d	aboveboard, baseboard, billboard, blackboard, cardboard, checkerboard, chessboard, chipboard, clapboard, clipboard, containerboard, dartboard, dashboard, fiberboard, fibreboard, fingerboard, floorboard, hardboard, headboard, inboard, keyboard, linerboard, mopboard, onboard, outboard, overboard, paperboard, pegboard, plasterboard, pressboard, scoreboard, seaboard, shipboard, skateboard, smorgasbord, snowboard, springboard, storyboard, surfboard, wallboard, washboard.
3	-ô' r d	broadsword, clavichord, concord, harpsichord, landlord, notochord, overlord, underinsured, warlord.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-h-i-o-r-s-t-w"
	-3 letters: actorish, bawdrics, birdshot, broadish, carotids, catbirds, chariots, cohabits, cowbirds, haricots.
	-4 letters: bawdric, boarish, borscht, bothria, carotid, catbird, chadors, chariot, cohabit, costard, cowards, cowbird, dacoits, drastic, hairdos, haricot, isobath, isotach, orchids, ostrich, sarcoid, shortia, strobic, thorias, toadish, towards, trishaw, wraiths.
	-5 letters: abhors, aborts, actors, adroit, adsorb, airths, aorist, aortic, aristo, aroids, bardic, bathos, biotas.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-c-d-h-i-o-r-s-t-w"
	+1 letter: switchboards.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
switchboard	5,784	digital switchboard	7
emerson and switchboard	373	page switchboard white	6
switchboard com	63	om switchboard	6
phone switchboard	28	answering digital machine pbx phone switchboard	5
b b b b b b coating fl from glass in miami switchboard.com tinting window	17	switchboard directory	5
national runaway switchboard	17	international switchboard	5
atlanta b b errand from ga in services switchboard.com	16	deluxe emerson switchboard	5
miami switchboard	16	access ms switchboard	5
access switchboard	16	b b b b b b charlotte from glass in leaded nc stained switchboard.com	5
b b b b b b electric fl from generator hialeah in repairing service switchboard.com	14	emerson help switchboard	5
internet switchboard	12	computer switchboard	5
switchboard operator	11	emerson switchboard review	5
page switchboard yellow	11	electrical switchboard	5
b b b b contractor excavating from in montrose pa switchboard.com	11	directory phone switchboard	4
switchboard zion	10	emerson instructions switchboard	4
switchboard meter	10	switchboard upgrade	4
b b b b from glass in kaplan la repairing switchboard.com	9	caller emerson id switchboard	4
canada switchboard	9	access microsoft switchboard	3
switchboard find person	8	nh switchboard	3
reverse switchboard	7	export switchboard	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Switchboard

Definition: Switchboard

Switchboard

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Specialty Definition: Switchboard

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Crosswords: Switchboard

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