demon dialing in English

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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.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "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."
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      "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."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "war-dial"
        }
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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        "communications",
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        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "telecommunications",
        "telephony"
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  ],
  "word": "demon dialing"
}

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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": [
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      "expansion": "demon dialing (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "war-dial"
    }
  ],
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        "en:Telephony"
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      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "demon dialing"
}

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"demon dialing" meaning in English

Noun