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What is a switchboard?

What is a switchboard? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
  2. (electronics) A device that directs electricity from one source to another.
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Sailors in HMS Argyll have been praised for their quick response when a fire was discovered in the frigate's forward electrical switchboard.
The Daily Dispatch switchboard was almost jammed yesterday as readers called to suggest their names for three lion cubs at the East London Zoo.
The switchboard should be able to put you through to Revenue's Voluntary Disclosure office.
That's where the workers were, that's where the telephone switchboard was, that's where the suppliers were.
Inside the door, stored beneath the counter at the switchboard, is a humidor with an excellent cigar collection known only to the members.
He actually worked in the centre of Birmingham on the emergency telephone switchboard.

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