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  2. Ringing (telephony) - Wikipedia

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    A ring generator or ringing voltage generator is a device which outputs 20 cycle sinusoidal AC at up to 110 volts peak to power bells or annunciators in one or more telephone extensions. [4] The output stops if a handset is taken off the hook. In terminology devised by phone phreaks, a ringing generator is a magenta box.

  3. Ringback number - Wikipedia

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    Hanging up the phone after this would result in a ring back. When the ring back was answered, the ring back process could be repeated by hanging up and lifting up the phone quickly again, and then hanging up. Most other numbers listed for ringback are specific to one exchange or one telco; available lists tend to be outdated and unreliable.

  4. Last-call return - Wikipedia

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    Call again, a form of automatic ring back, allows a caller, on reaching a busy signal, to hang up, dial a special code, and be called back automatically when the called number is no longer busy, usually with a limit of 30 minutes. Call return allows a customer to dial a code that identifies the last incoming call. On some types of central ...

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  6. Telephone number - Wikipedia

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    In rural areas with magneto crank telephones connected to party lines, the local phone number consisted of the line number plus the ringing pattern of the subscriber. To dial a number such as "3R122" meant making a request to the operator the third party line (if making a call off your own local one), followed by turning the telephone's crank ...

  7. Ringing tone - Wikipedia

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    When the call routing is successful and the receiving telephone is not already in a call, the destination telephone receives an electrical signal, called power ringing, or the ring tone, to alert the recipient of the incoming call. During this period of alerting, the caller also receives a distinctive signal, audible ringing, also called ...

  8. Quickly find your lost cellphone - AOL

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  9. Who still owns a landline phone? You might be surprised at ...

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    Only about 5% of the households AT&T serves use copper-based landlines, a company spokesperson said. Most landlines now make calls through an internet connection.