dialers

Those entering numbers

Dialers are devices or software that dial telephone numbers.

The most common use now refers to automated calling systems—programs that dial numbers from lists, used by telemarketers, political campaigns, and collection agencies: The company's dialer made two thousand calls an hour.

Older dialers were hardware devices attached to phones.

In computing, a dialer may be malware that secretly connects to premium-rate numbers.

autodialer

robocall

Automated prerecorded phone message

automated · software · campaigns · leads · scripts · compliance · CRM · queues · agents · callbacks

telephone

keypad

Button array for input

receiver · handset · landline · cordless · pulse · tone · numbers · calling · ringing · digits

modem

internet

Interconnected computer systems

ISP · bandwidth · AOL · handshake · baud · acoustic · coupler · BBS · networking · online

safecracking

combination

Joining of multiple elements

  • vaultSecure storage chamber
  • tumblerFlat-bottomed drinking vessel
  • lockMechanism requiring a key

stethoscope · cracking · safes · heist · burglar · mechanism · clicks · spinning · numbers · security

Categories
Opposites
communication direction

dialersreceivers

Those who accept transmissions

answerers · recipients · listeners · respondents

call automation

dialersreceivers

Those who accept transmissions

answering machines · answering services

Phrases
Family

dialed, redialed, autodialer, dialer, misdialed

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G