switchboard operator
Operators manually linked callers. This topic is part of Communication within Technology. This page currently draws on 4 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
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switchboard operator trivia questions
A switchboard operator connected what?
Answer: Telephone calls
Bonus fact: Operators manually linked callers.
What did operators plug into jacks to connect calls?
Answer: Cords
Bonus fact: Paired cords created temporary circuits.
Early telephone companies often preferred women as operators partly because they were viewed as having what?
Answer: Polite voices and patience
Bonus fact: Women became the dominant switchboard workforce.
Before automation, calls at exchanges were manually connected by whom?
Answer: Switchboard operators
Bonus fact: Operators plugged cords into jacks.