See demon dialing on Wiktionary
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{ "etymology_text": "From the Demon Dialer product from Zoom Telephonics, Inc., a telephone device produced in the 1980s which repeatedly dialed busy telephone numbers under control of an extension phone.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "-" }, "expansion": "demon dialing (uncountable)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "word": "war-dial" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English nouns", "English uncountable nouns", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "en:Telephony" ], "glosses": [ "The use of a computer to dial a number repeatedly (usually to a crowded modem pool) in an attempt to gain access immediately after another user has hung up." ], "links": [ [ "telephony", "telephony" ], [ "computer", "computer" ], [ "modem", "modem" ], [ "pool", "pool" ], [ "access", "access" ], [ "user", "user" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(telephony) The use of a computer to dial a number repeatedly (usually to a crowded modem pool) in an attempt to gain access immediately after another user has hung up." ], "tags": [ "uncountable" ], "topics": [ "communications", "electrical-engineering", "engineering", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "telecommunications", "telephony" ], "wikipedia": [ "demon dialing" ] } ], "word": "demon dialing" }
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