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Default O.T. : What Have We Done ... ?

In article ,
John Weston wrote:
In article , "S Viemeister" wrote:
Owain wrote:
S Viemeister wrote:
... i learned to be a PBX operator, many years ago.

PMBX?


Private Branch Exchange

Yes but there are two types, a PMBX or a PABX. Different skills :-)
(Showing age...)


Well originally they'd all have been manual so 'PMBX' is a retrospective
name. I've never heard it before - just PBX and PABX.

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