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private branch exchange

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables
pri-vate branch ex-change
IPA
46
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A telecommunications switching system, physically located at a customer's place of business, that provides internal communication between users and also access to outside (trunk) telephone lines.

Inflected Forms

private branch exchanges (plural) PBX (abbreviation)

Questions

What does private branch exchange mean?
A telecommunications switching system, physically located at a customer's place of business, that provides internal communication between users and also access to outside (trunk) telephone lines.

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