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dial tone

Telephony signal sent by a telephone exchange or private branch exchange (PBX) to a terminating device, such as a telephone
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dial tone

Summary

dial tone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (138 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • dial tone's subclass of is recorded as signal[2].
  • dial tone's subclass of is recorded as acoustic signal[3].
  • dial tone's Commons category is recorded as Dial tones[4].
  • dial tone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/015jpf[5].

Why It Matters

dial tone ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (138 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). dial tone. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/dial-tone
MLA “dial tone.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/dial-tone.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_dial-tone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{dial tone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/dial-tone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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