touch tone
Button-based phone system
Touch tone describes the system of telephone dialing that uses distinct audio tones for each button pressed, replacing the older rotary dial.
Each key generates a specific frequency combination that the phone network recognizes.
The term often appears as an adjective: a touch tone phone, touch tone service.
Also spelled touch-tone or TouchTone.
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- keypadButton array for input
- phoneHandheld communication device
- push buttonDepressible control element
- buttonsSmall disc fasteners
beep · digits · phone number · numbers · landline · receiver · press · push · telephone · automated · menu · customer service · voicemail · signal · operator · cordless · handset · ringtone
- telephonytelephone, telephone network, call, phone lines, dial
- digital soundsbeep, chime, ding, notification, ringtone
- phone servicesvoicemail, caller ID, call waiting, call forwarding, call blocking
- telephone thingsrotary phones, phone booths, telephone poles, handsets, receivers
- telephonestelephone, rotary phone, phone, cordless phone, corded phone
- phone systemsPBX, extension, phone line, handset, main menu
telephone dialing technology
touch tonerotary dial
Circular phone input
rotary · rotary phone · dial phone · pulse
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