switching equipment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofswitchandequipment
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switch
noun
uk/swɪtʃ/us/swɪtʃ/
a small device, usually pushed up or down with your finger, that controls and turns on or off an ...
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equipment
noun[U]
uk/ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/us/ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/
the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a ...
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(Definition ofswitchandequipmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This very infrequent occurrence may be caused by an operating mistake or a fault on automaticswitchingequipment.
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This would include computer controlled, electronicswitchingequipmentwhich we would expect to be sufficiently advanced to attract large export orders.
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In the case of cable television, however the cable,switchingequipmentand so on will be worth many millions of pounds.
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They have never gone across their frontiers to procure publicswitchingequipmentfrom a non-national supplier.
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We are talking aboutswitchingequipment, telephones, telegraph, exchanges, switchboards and so on.
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They have been large separate industries in the past, but they are now coming together through theswitchingequipment.
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We must be satisfied that those high standards will be maintained for instruments,switchingequipment, and, indeed, all the equipment fitted by private contractors.
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We also provide all the overhead cables where necessary, and all theswitchingequipment.
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This is the present practice, where spare wires through to the exchange are available for the applicant and there is spareswitchingequipmentat the exchange.
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It became evident that if the total of such routing numbers could be kept below a certain limit theswitchingequipmentcould be simplified and its cost reduced.
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Third-party connections are largely due to faults in theswitchingequipment, which has suffered from intensive usage and insufficient maintenance during the six years of war.
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As for restrictions on minor telecommunicationsswitchingequipment, there are problems over the export of software.
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At present, three sorts ofswitchingequipmentare being installed in the network—the electro-mechanical strowger, the crossbar system which uses an intermediate technology, and the new electronic system.
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In view of the restricted supplies of telephoneswitchingequipmentfor home use, it will be some two years before we can provide relief for this predominantly residential neighbourhood.
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Extension of the existing exchange building and of theswitchingequipmentwill be completed in late 1950.
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The building houses some offices, but is mainly used to house technical equipment (switchingequipment, etc.) for the company's cellular telephone service.
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Electromechanicalswitchingequipmentof the day had been engineered to accommodate large call volumes to 575-numbers.
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Rural party line service was typically based on mechanicalswitchingequipmentwhich could not be upgraded.
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Private line teleprinter circuits were not directly connected toswitchingequipment.
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