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Two types of telephone switching networks(Left) The tandem, or local, network serves local offices and users; (right) the toll, or long-distance, network switches calls over long-distance circuits.

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Assorted References

major treatment
- In telephone: Switching
automation
- In automation: Communications
- In computer science: Social and professional issues
electronics
- In electronics: Switching and timing
optical fibers
- In materials science: Optical switching
telecommunications networks
- In telecommunications network: Switched communications network
teleprinters
- In teleprinter

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Engineering LibreTexts - Switching and Bridging.	Emily Rodriguez	Dec 23, 2024
	Add new Web site: Engineering LibreTexts - Switching and Bridging.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 24, 2023
	Add new Web site: University of Virginia - Department of Computer Science - Switching technology.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 03, 2017
	Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - How LAN Switches Work.	Yamini Chauhan	Feb 22, 2011
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998