单词 | autodial |
释义 | autodialn. 1. A brand name for: a combination lock which is operated automatically when a door is closed. rare (disused). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > lock > combination lock > type of letter lock?a1650 puzzle lock1838 wheel-lock1875 autodial1932 1932 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 13 Sept. 325/1 Autodial. For locks. Claims use since May 1, 1932. 2. Telecommunications and Computing. In early use: a device for placing telephone calls without the need for manual dialling. Later also: a facility incorporated into a telephone, fax machine, modem, computer, etc., which enables the device to dial and establish a connection with a particular number stored in its memory, either automatically or when activated by a simple command. Cf. auto-answer n. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone > telephone facilities automatic dialler1922 dialler1922 autodial1934 autodialler1960 redial1960 auto-answer1961 hold1965 camp-on1975 caller ID1978 voicebank1988 1934 Post Office Electr. Engineers' Jrnl. 27 161/1 The Autodial has been designed to meet this need... The Autodial is at once both a directory and a dial machine. 1969 Post Office Electr. Engineers' Jrnl. 62 191/1 The autodial is connected to a telephone installation by a six-way cord. 1983 Austral. Personal Computer Sept. 120/1 It sports an LCD display..and in its US version incorporates an auto-dial modem for telephone communications. 1995 Ability Network Spring 25/3 A large button autodial device for people who are visually or mobility impaired. 2001 D. A. Karp Windows me Annoyances vii. 297 The autodial feature in Windows connects you to the Internet with Dial-Up Networking automatically whenever it's needed. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Aug. a15/3 Almost every Jewish cemetery in New York has her phone number on auto-dial. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). autodialv. Telecommunications and Computing. 1. transitive. To establish a connection with (a computer, telephone number, etc.) by means of autodialling. Also: to send (a message) in such a way.In quot. 1958 as participial adjective. ΚΠ 1958 T. J. Morgan Telecommunication Econ. p. xv Rural Automatisation... Semi-automatic systems... Justification of separate junction route for auto-dialled traffic to parent exchange. 1973 Computer Decisions Oct. 8/2 The mini auto-dials the branches and feeds it corrections requests, exception reports, and daily output. 1991 Bookseller 4 Oct. 954/3 At night a mainframe autodials the PCs and takes the orders. 1997 Florida Trend Mar. 11 (advt.) Your PrimeCo phone's built-in digital memory stores and autodials up to 99 of your most frequently called numbers. 2007 J. Geraint et al. Stadia (ed. 4) 221/1 Illicit entry can be detected by an electronic surveillance system which..auto-dials a message to stadium security officers. 2. intransitive. To allow or perform autodialling; to have an autodial facility. ΚΠ 1985 Byte July 287/1 The Anchor Mark XII..can auto-answer an incoming telephone call and will auto-dial in either pulse or tone modes. 1993 MacUser Oct. 40/1 PowerTeam—seven organizer tools in one package. Mailing lists, correspondence, a phone book that auto dials, [etc.]. 2005 Daily Rec. (Kansas City) (Nexis) 18 Nov. ‘It prompts me when to call people back,’ she said. ‘I click on the mouse, and it autodials.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1932v.1958 |
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