Who is credited with suggesting the word hello be used when answering the phone?
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The use of <b>hello</b> as a <b>telephone</b> greeting has been credited to Thomas Edison; 
according to one source, he expressed his surprise&nbsp;... <b>Mobile</b> virtual network operators (MVNOs) in the United States lease wireless 
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was released on ... Robert Christgau named &quot;Dial&#39;Afreaq&quot; and &quot;<b>Hello</b>&quot; as 
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armed&nbsp;... <b>Hello</b> (first attested in 1833), from holla, hollo (attested 1588). This variant of hallo 
is often credited to Thomas Edison as a coinage for <b>telephone</b> use, but its&nbsp;... Helio, Inc. (stylized as HΞLIO) is a current, and former, <b>mobile</b> virtual network 
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&nbsp;... Ahoy (/əˈhɔɪ/) ( About this sound listen (help·info)) is a signal word used to call 
to a ship or ... &#39;ahoy&#39; be adopted as the standard greeting when answering a 
<b>telephone</b>, before &#39;<b>hello</b>&#39; (suggested by Thomas Edison) became common. <b>Hello</b> Girls was the colloquial name for American female switchboard operators 
in World War I, formally known as the Signal Corps Female <b>Telephone</b> Operators
&nbsp;... <b>Hello</b> is a 2008 Indian Hindi thriller film directed by Atul Agnihotri, starring 
Sharman Joshi, ... Later on, still trapped in the car, the broken <b>phone</b> receives a 
<b>phone</b> call; six surprised friends answer it, only to find the caller is God. God tells 
the six,&nbsp;... &quot;Night Call&quot; is episode 139 of the American television anthology series The 
Twilight Zone. The story follows an elderly woman, directed by Jacques Tourneur 
and played by Gladys Cooper, who receives persistent disturbing <b>phone</b> calls 
from an anonymous caller. ... The man continues to call and keeps repeating &quot;
<b>Hello</b>?
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Mobile banking is a service <b>provided</b> by a bank or other financial institution that 
allows its ... Some apps also enable copies of statements <b>to be</b> downloaded and 
... Using a mobile banking app increases ease of <b>use</b>, speed, flexibility and also 
... Many apps now have a remote deposit option; using the <b>device&#39;s</b> camera to&nbsp;... Interactive voice response (IVR) is a technology that allows a computer to interact 
with humans ... The <b>term</b> voice response unit (VRU) is sometimes <b>used</b> as well. ... 
a wider array of permutations of a <b>given</b> response (e.g. &quot;balance <b>was</b> wrong&quot;, &quot;
wrong ... When an IVR system <b>answers</b> multiple <b>phone</b> numbers, the <b>use</b> of DNIS
&nbsp;... This is a list of British <b>words</b> not widely <b>used</b> in the United States. In Canada, New 
Zealand, ... answerphone: an automated <b>telephone</b>-<b>answering</b> machine, from the 
... origin of the <b>word</b>; the impression is <b>given</b> that it <b>was</b> then considered modern 
slang, ... Often <b>used</b> in the media as a derogatory <b>term</b> to describe <b>credit</b> or debt. Shalom is a Hebrew <b>word</b> meaning peace, harmony, wholeness, completeness, 
prosperity, welfare and tranquility and can be <b>used</b> idiomatically to mean both 
<b>hello</b> and ... Thus from the root sh-l-m come the <b>words</b> shalom (&quot;peace, well-
<b>being</b>&quot;), ... It is usually <b>used</b> by men as a <b>given</b> name but there are women named
&nbsp;... In Japan, mobile <b>phones</b> have become ubiquitous. In Japanese, mobile <b>phones</b> 
are called ... The first commercial camera <b>phone was</b> the Kyocera Visual <b>Phone</b> 
VP-210, ... some cellular <b>phones</b> have <b>been</b> updated <b>to be used</b> as debit or <b>credit</b> 
cards ... This has since led to the <b>term</b> Gala-<b>phone</b> (ガラケイ, gara-kei) to refer to&nbsp;... Russian telephones. Why? <b>Phones</b> are no different in Russia then they are in 
Europe or North America. Why should one area deserve more attention or be 
<b>given</b> special attention? ... Meucci invented the <b>telephone</b> but it <b>was</b> Bell who <b>was</b> 
first to patent the idea. ... It did <b>use</b> the <b>words</b> &quot;plumbago and equivalent material&quot;. Siri is a virtual assistant that is part of Apple Inc.&#39;s iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, macOS, 
and tvOS operating systems. The assistant uses voice queries and a natural-
language user interface to <b>answer</b> questions, make recommendations ... Siri&#39;s 
speech recognition engine <b>was provided</b> by Nuance Communications, ... &quot;<b>Hello</b>, 
Siri. Trigger Happy TV is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series. The 
original British ... Such scenes include Joly <b>answering</b> a gigantic novelty mobile 
<b>phone</b> and ... Bands such as Eels and The Crocketts have <b>been used</b> several 
times in the ... Whether they accepted or refused the offer, he&#39;d proceed to <b>give</b> a
&nbsp;... This is the list of <b>words</b> having different meanings in British and American English
: M–Z. ... Additional usage notes are <b>provided</b> when useful. ... A <b>term</b> of informal 
address <b>used</b> with male strangers; generally implies more unfriendliness ... 
Professor, and (Full) Professor (the latter <b>being</b> largely equivalent to the UK 
meaning). In cryptography, the one-time pad (OTP) is an encryption technique that cannot 
be cracked, but ... Digital versions of one-time pad ciphers have <b>been used</b> by 
nations for critical ... to the <b>term</b> &quot;Vernam cipher&quot; because some sources <b>use</b> &quot;
Vernam cipher&quot; and ... Thus Bob recovers Alice&#39;s plaintext, the message &quot;<b>HELLO</b>&quot;
.
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<b>Hello</b> is a salutation or <b>greeting</b> in the English language. It is first attested in 
writing from 1826. ... The <b>word</b> was extensively <b>used</b> in literature by the 1860s. ... 
The <b>use</b> of <b>hello</b> as a <b>telephone greeting</b> has been <b>credited</b> to Thomas Edison; ... 
the etymology of holloa to the Old English halow and <b>suggests</b>: &quot;Perhaps from ah 
+ lo;&nbsp;... Ahoy (/əˈhɔɪ/) ( About this sound listen (help·info)) is a signal <b>word used</b> to <b>call</b> 
to a ship or ... as the standard <b>greeting</b> when <b>answering</b> a <b>telephone</b>, before &#39;
<b>hello</b>&#39; (<b>suggested</b> by ... The preacher <b>used to answer</b> back: &quot;To the New 
Jerusalem harbour&quot;. ... The <b>word created</b> a maritime atmosphere in many songs 
which were&nbsp;... The invention of the <b>telephone</b>, although generally <b>credited</b> to Alexander Bell, 
was the ... Thomas Edison tested the Reis equipment and found that &quot;single 
<b>words</b>, ... Although Bell did not <b>use</b> Gray&#39;s water transmitter in later telephones, 
evidence <b>suggests</b> that Bell&#39;s lawyers may have obtained an unfair advantage 
over Gray. Voice phishing is a form of criminal <b>phone</b> fraud, using social engineering over 
the <b>telephone</b> ... Voice phishing is typically <b>used</b> to steal credit card numbers or 
other ... Typically, when the victim <b>answers</b> the <b>call</b>, an automated recording, 
often&nbsp;... Yes and no, or <b>word</b> pairs with a similar <b>word</b>, are expressions of the affirmative 
and the negative, respectively, in several languages including English. Some 
languages make a distinction between <b>answers</b> to affirmative versus ... 
Bloomfield and Hockett classify the <b>words</b>, when <b>used to answer</b> yes-no 
questions, as special&nbsp;... Cortana is a virtual assistant <b>created</b> by Microsoft for Windows 10, Windows 10 
Mobile, Windows <b>Phone</b> ... keyboard input, and <b>answer</b> questions using 
information and web results from the Bing ... Even though Cortana listens 
generally to the hot <b>word</b> &quot;<b>Hey</b> Cortana&quot;, certain languages <b>use</b> customized 
versions (e.g. &quot;Hola&nbsp;... Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic 
messages, typically ... Advertisers and service providers <b>use</b> direct text marketing 
to send messages to ... extent that the <b>term</b> texting (<b>used</b> as a verb meaning the 
act of mobile <b>phone</b> ... This <b>suggests</b> that perhaps the act of using textisms to 
shorten&nbsp;... Gboard is a virtual keyboard app developed by Google for native Android and 
iOS devices. ... It features Google Search, including web results and predictive 
<b>answers</b>, easy searching and sharing of GIF and emoji content, and a predictive 
typing engine <b>suggesting</b> the next <b>word</b> depending on context. ... <b>Phone</b> Arena. SMS language, textspeak or texting language is the abbreviated language and 
slang commonly <b>used</b> with mobile <b>phone</b> text messaging, or other Internet-based 
communication such as email and instant messaging. Features of early mobile 
<b>phone</b> messaging encouraged users to <b>use</b> ... It seeks to <b>use</b> the fewest letters to 
produce ultra-concise <b>words</b> and&nbsp;... The ouija also known as a spirit board or talking board, is a flat board marked 
with the letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0–9, the <b>words</b> &quot;yes&quot;, &quot;no&quot;, &quot;<b>hello</b>&quot; (
occasionally), and &quot;goodbye&quot;, ... A 2012 study found that when <b>answering</b> yes or 
no questions, ouija <b>use</b> was significantly more accurate than guesswork, 
<b>suggesting</b>&nbsp;...
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<b>Hello</b> is a salutation or greeting in the English language. It is <b>first</b> attested in 
writing from 1826. ... The use of <b>hello</b> as a <b>telephone</b> greeting has been credited 
to Thomas Edison; ... Hǽlan is likely a cognate of German Heil (meaning 
complete for things and healthy for beings) and other similar words of Germanic 
<b>origin</b>. Ahoy (/əˈhɔɪ/) ( About this sound listen (help·info)) is a signal word used to <b>call</b> 
to a ship or ... Two other dictionaries from 1805 list Falconers <b>call</b> as &quot;hoay&quot; and 
<b>answer</b> &quot;holloa&quot;. &quot;Ahoy&quot; does not appear. ... A speculation from 1835 about the 
<b>origin</b> of the French word oyez, which means &quot;hört!&quot; in German, implies an early&nbsp;... &quot;Night <b>Call</b>&quot; is episode 139 of the American television anthology series The 
Twilight Zone. ... The man continues to <b>call</b> and keeps repeating &quot;<b>Hello</b>? ... Elva 
<b>says</b> that she always insisted on having her own way, and Brian always did what 
she <b>said</b>. ... the story ends the following night, when the <b>phone</b> rings and she 
<b>answers</b>. Duffy&#39;s Tavern was an American radio situation comedy that ran for a decade on 
several ... the ring of a <b>telephone</b> and Gardner&#39;s New Yorkese accent as he 
<b>answers</b>, &quot;<b>Hello</b>, Duffy&#39;s ... Early in the show&#39;s life, however, its name, Duffy&#39;s 
Tavern, was changed—<b>first</b> to ... Younger picks up the <b>phone</b> and <b>says</b>, &quot;Duffy&#39;s 
Tavern. Trigger Happy TV is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series. The 
original British ... Country of origin, United Kingdom ... Such scenes include Joly 
<b>answering</b> a gigantic novelty mobile <b>phone</b> and shouting at ... After a moment&#39;s 
pause, he lifts an oversized model of a mobile <b>phone</b> into view and shouts &quot;<b>Hello</b>
?! <b>Hello</b> (<b>first</b> attested in 1833), from holla, hollo (attested 1588). ... A greeting (
salutation) <b>said</b> when meeting someone or acknowledging someone&#39;s arrival or 
presence. <b>Hello</b> ... A greeting used when <b>answering the telephone</b>. quotations ▽. In the early days of telephony, companies used manual <b>telephone</b> switchboards, 
and switchboard operators connected calls by inserting a pair of <b>phone</b> plugs into 
the appropriate jacks. They were gradually phased out and replaced by 
automated systems, <b>first</b> ... at private branch exchanges (PBX) <b>to answer</b> 
incoming <b>telephone</b> calls and&nbsp;... Jambo! (jam-bo!) is a Swahili greeting or salutation with an exclamation mark. It is 
similar in meaning to the English word <b>Hello</b>!. Contents. 1 Linguistically; 2 <b>First</b> 
use; 3 Colonial use; 4 Post Colonial use; 5 Surname ... Below are four basic ways 
in Swahili to <b>say</b> &quot;<b>Hello</b>!&quot; and a basic polite reply after the dash. 1. Hujambo&nbsp;... We simply picked up the <b>phone</b> and <b>said</b> &quot;<b>Hello</b>&quot; (with a slight questioning tone). 
... did give too much information back when <b>answering</b> machines <b>first</b> came out. Hong Kong Phooey is an American animated television series produced by 
Hanna-Barbera Productions and <b>originally</b> broadcast on ... Rosemary, the 
<b>telephone</b> operator, getting a <b>call</b> and routinely <b>saying</b> &quot;<b>Hello</b>, <b>hello</b>, police 
headquarters,&nbsp;...
Thomas Edison
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