Subscriber Trunk Dialling

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• Subscriber trunk dialling — (STD, also known as subscriber toll dialling) is a term for the UK telephone system allowing subscribers to dial trunk calls without operator assistance. Terminology The term subscriber trunk dialling is used in other countries such as the… …   Wikipedia

• subscriber trunk dialling — ➔ STD …   Financial and business terms

• subscriber trunk dialling — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ the automatic connection of trunk calls by dialling without the assistance of an operator …   English terms dictionary

• subscriber trunk dialling — noun A dialling system in which subscribers in exchanges in many countries of the world can dial each other directly (abbrev STD) • • • Main Entry: ↑subscribe …   Useful english dictionary

• subscriber trunk dialling — noun Brit. the automatic connection of trunk calls by dialling without the assistance of an operator …   English new terms dictionary

• subscriber trunk dialling — noun a system for making long distance calls in which the subscriber dials the required number direct, rather than going through an operator. Abbrev.: STD …  

• Trunk vs Toll — In the US, under the purview of the Bell System, local telephone calls were free except in a few big cities, and the term toll was adopted for long distance calls because they were subject to a toll.In the UK all calls were chargeable and the… …   Wikipedia

• Trunk prefix — A trunk prefix is the number to be dialed in a domestic telephone call, preceding any necessary area codes and subscriber numbers. When calling overseas numbers, the trunk prefix is omitted by the caller. In most countries, such as Australia,… …   Wikipedia

• subscriber — n. 1 a person who subscribes. 2 a person paying for the hire of a telephone line. Phrases and idioms: subscriber trunk dialling Brit. the automatic connection of trunk calls by dialling without the assistance of an operator …   Useful english dictionary

• Former Australian dialling codes — Introduction of Area Codes (pre 1990s)= The introduction of subscriber trunk dialling was slow, partly because of the distances of exchanges in some areas and partly due to the use of manual exchanges well into the 1980s. Initially, area codes… …   Wikipedia

• List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom — This is a list of telephone dialling codes in the United Kingdom. It is based on Ofcom s area code list, but includes defunct codes and historical changes, including the derivation of the two letter identities where known.[1][2] Note that… …   Wikipedia