---
title: "Telecommunications"
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markdown_url: "http://localhost/article/telecommunications-6.md"
published_at: "2026-07-28T08:10:29+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-07-28T08:18:36+00:00"
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excerpt: "This column is a new feature which will appear from now on in QuarTerS. What is telecommunications? It is the interaction of two or more computers by the use of telephone lines. Normally a computer user connects with a large data base or a Bulletin Board Service (BBS) by using a device called a modem."
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  - name: "TS 1000"
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  - name: "Bill Johnson"
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publication: "QuarTerS"
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  title: "QuarTerS"
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  url: "http://localhost/periodical/quarters/"
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  - name: "Bill Johnson"
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issues_articles:
  - id: 37930
    title: "Quarters Fall 1985"
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pages: "4"
pubdate: "Fall 1985"
archive_link: false
volumeissue: "v2n3"
---

This column is a new feature which will appear from now on in QuarTerS. What is telecommunications? It is the interaction of two or more computers by the use of telephone lines. Normally a computer user connects with a large data base or a Bulletin Board Service (BBS) by using a device called a modem.