central office

Primary administrative location

A central office is the main headquarters or administrative hub of an organization, where core operations and decision-making occur: She called the central office to file a complaint.

In telecommunications, a central office is the local facility housing switching equipment that connects telephone lines within a geographic area.

telecom

switchboard

Telephone routing panel

  • PBXPrivate branch exchange
  • exchangeMutual giving and receiving
  • trunk linePrimary transport or communication route

circuit · relay · routing · landline · telephone · wireline · subscriber · dial tone · switching · multiplexer

headquarters

corporate

Of or relating to companies

  • executiveSenior organizational leader
  • mainChief or primary element
  • hubCentral connection point

HQ · flagship · branch · regional · satellite · downtown · administrative · management · operations · personnel

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organizational location hierarchy

central officefield office

Remote organizational workplace

branch office · satellite office · remote office · field station · regional office

operational setting

central officefield

Area of specialty

front lines · on-site · shop floor · field station · remote location

telecommunications infrastructure

central officeendpoint

Final point reached

last mile

Family

office, officer, central, official, offices, centralize, centrally, officiate, centrality

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