directory assistance
Phone number lookup
Directory assistance is a telephone service that provides phone numbers to callers who request them.
Before the internet made such information easily searchable, callers would dial a short code (411 in the United States) and speak to an operator who looked up the number: I had to call directory assistance to find the restaurant's number.
The service still exists but is rarely used.
One who works machinery
- 411Slang for information
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
- helplinePhone service for assistance
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
call center · customer service · helpdesk · inquiry · information · connect · dial · contact number
Stationary wired telephone
- payphonePublic coin-operated telephone
- rotaryInvolving circular motion
- operatorOne who works machinery
- telephone exchangeCall-routing switching center
analog · switchboard · Ma Bell · AT&T · BT · collect call · person-to-person · long distance
operator
One who works machinery
- 411Slang for information
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
- helplinePhone service for assistance
switchboard · call center · customer service · helpdesk · inquiry · information · connect · dial · contact number · referral
landline
Stationary wired telephone
- payphonePublic coin-operated telephone
- rotaryInvolving circular motion
- operatorOne who works machinery
telephone exchange · analog · switchboard · Ma Bell · AT&T · BT · collect call · person-to-person · long distance · area code
- telephonytelephone, telephone network, call, dial tone, phone lines
- directoriesphone book, phone books, white pages, address book, 411
- library servicesyouth services, bookmobiles, reference desk, reference librarian, mobile libraries
- phone systemsPBX, extension, phone line, handset, main menu
- contactsfriend, family, contact list, neighbor, acquaintances
- mobile servicesdata plan, mobile plan, unlimited plan, prepaid plan, text messaging
directory assistanceunlisted number
Phone kept from directories
directory assistancecall blocking
Rejecting incoming phone connections
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