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Note: if on-hook pertains to one state, off-hook pertains to the other. The idle state, i.e., an open loop of a subscriber line or PBX user loop. An operating state of a telecommunication circuit in which transmission is disabled and a high impedance , or "open circuit ", is presented to the link by the end instrument (s).
The off-hook tone (also off-hook warning, howling tone, or howler tone) is a telephony signal for alerting a user that the telephone has been left off-hook without use for an extended period, effectively disabling the telephone line.
By hook or by crook" is an English phrase meaning "by any means necessary", suggesting that any means possible should be taken to accomplish a goal. The phrase was first recorded in the Middle English Controversial Tracts of John Wyclif in 1380.
Off the Hook (compilation album), in the Now That's What I Call Music! series, 2002; Off the Hook (Xscape album), 1995 "Off the Hook" (Hardwell and Armin van Buuren song), 2015 "Off the Hook" (Jody Watley song), 1998 "Off the Hook", a song by CSS from Cansei de Ser Sexy, 2005 "Off the Hook", a song by the Rolling Stones from The Rolling Stones ...
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The song describes the cowboy ending the call and leaving the phone off the hook and slowly turning around and taking one last look. He then gets in his truck and "aims it toward that Wyoming line." The lyrics leave the listener to decide if the Cowboy was neglectful of his love, or if she gave up on him for another, who was not a rodeo man.
Few people may be more relieved about President-elect Donald Trump's pending return to the White House than the more than 1,500 Americans charged with crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on ...
A telephone hook or switchhook is an electrical switch which indicates when the phone is hung up, often with a lever or magnetic button inside the cradle or base where a telephone handset resides. It takes its name from old wooden wall telephones and candlestick telephones , where the mouthpiece was mounted on the telephone box and, due to ...