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A telephone or other telecommunication device that is stationary and connects to the network via traditional [wiring]. [Wiring] can include old telephone lines and fiber [optic] wiring. Device usually plugs into a wall jack.
A conventional telecommunications connection by cable laid across land, typically either on poles or buried underground.
a phone that is connected to the phone system by wires
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