In telecommunication, the term semiautomatic switching system has the following meanings:
- In telephone systems, a switching system in which telephone operators receive call instructions orally from users and complete them by automatic equipment.
- At tape relay intermediate stations, the manual routing or rerouting of taped messages without rekeying them.
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“The genius of any slave system is found in the dynamics which isolate slaves from each other, obscure the reality of a common condition, and make united rebellion against the oppressor inconceivable.”
—Andrea Dworkin (b. 1946)