Telephone (disambiguation) explained
A telephone is a telecommunication device which is used to transmit and receive sound simultaneously.
Telephone may also refer to:
Telecommunications
- AT&T, sometimes called "Telephone" due to its U.S. ticker symbol "T" on the New York Stock Exchange
- Camera phone, a mobile phone that is also able to capture either still photographs or video
- Cordless telephone, a telephone with a wireless handset that communicates via radio waves to its base station
- Mobile phone, a wireless telecommunications device used for phone and data calls over a cellular network
- Smartphone, a mobile phone and a handheld personal computer.
- Radiotelephone or radiophone, a telephone that allows two or more people to talk via radio, often referring to an older radio telephone system that predated modern mobile (cellular) phones
- Softphone, a software program for making telephone calls over the Internet using computers
- Telephone (application), a softphone telecommunication app for Mac OS X, by Alexei Kuznetsov
- Tin can telephone, a type of voice-transmitting device usually made from two tin cans and string or wire
- Videophone, telephones with video displays, which enable their users to see each other as well in real time
Music
Albums
Songs
- "Telephone" (song), a 2010 song by Lady Gaga and Beyoncé
- "Telephone", by Chaka Khan on her album The Woman I Am, 1992
- "Telephone", by Diana Ross from the album Swept Away, 1984
- "Telephone", by Erykah Badu on her album New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), 2008
- "Telephone", by Waterparks on their album Fandom, 2019
- "Telephone (Won't You Ring)", a 1962 song by Shelley Fabares
Other uses
- Telephone (game), also known as Chinese whispers
- Telephone game (game theory), a concept in game theory
- Telephone (sternwheeler), a steamboat in Oregon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- Telephone, Texas, an unincorporated community in Fannin County, Texas
- Telephone Road, a major street in Houston, Texas, USA
- Telephone, a costumed fursuit character of the furry fandom that is a Dutch Angel Dragon, which is a species of horse-like angel dragons that was created by the person who performs in the suit.
See also