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2. Telephone jack and plug - Wikipedia

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   A telephone jack and a telephone plug are electrical connectors for connecting a telephone set or other telecommunications apparatus to the telephone wiring inside a building, establishing a connection to a telephone network. The plug is inserted into its counterpart, the jack, which is commonly affixed to a wall or baseboard.

3. Telephone line - Wikipedia

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   A telephone line or telephone circuit (or just line or circuit industrywide) is a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system. It is designed to reproduce speech of a quality that is understandable. [1] It is the physical wire or other signaling medium connecting the user's telephone apparatus to the telecommunications network, and ...

4. Tip and ring - Wikipedia

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   Tip and ring. Tip and ring are the two conductors or sides of a telephone line. Their names are derived from the telephone plugs used for connecting telephone calls in manual switchboards. One side of the line is connected to the metal tip of the plug, and the second is connected to a metal ring behind the tip, separated and insulated from the ...

5. British telephone socket - Wikipedia

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   A domestic single British telephone line installation will have a single master socket or line box in the premises, which is provided by BT or another service provider: this socket is the demarcation point between the customer-owned and maintained on-premises wiring, and the telephone network.

6. Registered jack - Wikipedia

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   Four-position, four-contact (4P4C) plug, used for connecting a telephone handset and base. Six-position, six-contact (6P6C) jack, which could be wired as RJ11, RJ14, or RJ25. A registered jack ( RJ) is a standardized telecommunication network interface for connecting voice and data equipment to a computer service provided by a local exchange ...

7. 25-pair color code - Wikipedia

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   When used for plain old telephone service (POTS), the first wire is known as the tip or A-leg (U.K.) conductor, and is usually connected to the positive side of a direct current (DC) circuit, while the second wire is known as the ring lead or B-leg (U.K.), and is connected to the negative side of the circuit. Neither of these two sides of the ...