"private branch exchange" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-private branch exchange.ogg [Australia] Forms: private branch exchanges [plural], as PBX [abbreviation]
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  1. (telecommunications) A telecommunications switching system, physically located at a customer's place of business, that provides internal communication between users and also access to outside (trunk) telephone lines. Wikipedia link: private branch exchange Categories (topical): Telecommunications

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