telephone

Summary

telephone is a product^[1]. telephone ranks in the top 7% of product entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,510 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• telephone is credited with the discovery of Johann Philipp Reis^[3].
• telephone is credited with the discovery of Elisha Gray^[4].
• telephone is credited with the discovery of Alexander Graham Bell^[5].
• telephone is credited with the discovery of Antonio Meucci^[6].
• telephone's instance of is recorded as product^[7].
• telephone's instance of is recorded as product type^[8].
• telephone is a type of consumer electronics^[9].
• telephone is a type of electrical appliance^[10].
• telephone is a type of home appliance^[11].
• telephone is a type of product^[12].
• telephone is a type of telecommunications device^[13].
• telephone is used for dialogue^[14].
• telephone's Commons category is recorded as Telephones^[15].
• telephone's Unicode character is recorded as ℡^[16].
• telephone's Unicode character is recorded as ☎^[17].
• telephone's Unicode character is recorded as ✆^[18].
• telephone's Unicode character is recorded as 📞^[19].
• telephone's Unicode character is recorded as ☏^[20].
• telephone's Unicode character is recorded as ☎️^[21].
• telephone comprises process engineering device^[22].
• telephone comprises telecommunications network^[23].
• telephone's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1876^[24].
• telephone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Telephones^[25].
• telephone's Commons gallery is recorded as Telephone^[26].
• telephone's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Telephones^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include product^[7] and product type^[8]. Recorded subclass of include consumer electronics^[9], electrical appliance^[10], home appliance^[11], product^[12], and telecommunications device^[13].

Use and Application

telephone is used for dialogue^[14]. Components include process engineering device^[22] and telecommunications network^[23].

Influence

Things named for telephone include Vodafone^[28], a business^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 1984^[31], headquartered in London^[32].

Why It Matters

telephone ranks in the top 7% of product entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,510 views/month).^[2] telephone has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] telephone is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for telephone include Vodafone^[28], a business^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 1984^[31], headquartered in London^[32].