| Re: Telecom Terms |
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 Doug Krause (dkrause@ratcage.com)23 Dec 2004 14:23:03 -0600
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> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: For starters, 'tele-phone' is a combin- > ation of 'phonic' which has to do with hearing, and 'tele' which > refers to communication or transfer of information. 'Tele-gram' is > made up of two parts, one of which comes from 'grap' or visual > inspection of 'tele' or the transfer of information. If something > is 'very graphic' it means it is 'a lot to look at'. So when you use > a 'telephone' you communicate information by hearing and speaking; when > you use a 'telegraph' you communicate information by reading.
"Tele" means "from a distance". So telephone is distant hearing,
Doug Krause |
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