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I think that audio and video over the internet in the sense of teleconferencing and telephone calls. Maybe we'll actually have picture phone through your work station.
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Meaning of "picture phone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PICTURE PHONE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICTURE PHONE

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Picture phone is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PICTURE PHONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

picture phone

Videophone

A videophone is a telephone with a video display, capable of simultaneous video and audio for communication between people in real-time. Videophone service provided the first form of videotelephony, later to be followed by videoconferencing, webcams, and finally high-definition telepresence. At the dawn of its commercial deployment from the 1950s through the 1990s, videotelephony also included 'image phones' which would exchange still images between units every few seconds over conventional POTS-type telephone lines, essentially the same as slow scan TV systems. The development of advanced technology video codecs and high bandwidth Internet telecommunication services allowed videophones to provide high quality colour service between users almost anyplace in the world that the Internet is available, often at low or nominal costs. In the present day videophones have become widely available at reasonable cost, although not widely used in everyday communications for a variety of reasons.

Definition of picture phone in the English dictionary

The definition of picture phone in the dictionary is a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICTURE PHONE

picture book
picture card
picture desk
picture editor
picture frame
picture gallery
picture hat
picture house
picture library
picture messaging
picture moulding
picture palace
picture postcard
picture rail
picture show
picture tube
picture window
picture writing
picture-framer
picture-framing

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICTURE PHONE

cell phone
cellphone
cellular phone
earphone
Francophone
freephone
gramophone
handphone
interphone
iPhone
megaphone
microphone
mobile phone
payphone
Persephone
phone
saxophone
smartphone
speakerphone
telephone
xylophone

Synonyms and antonyms of picture phone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «picture phone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PICTURE PHONE

Find out the translation of picture phone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of picture phone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «picture phone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

手机图片
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

teléfono de imagen
570 millions of speakers

English

picture phone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तस्वीर फोन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهاتف الصورة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фото телефон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

telefone imagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছবির ফোন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

photo téléphone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Telefon gambar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bild Telefon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

テレビ電話
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화상 전화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Telpon gambar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điện thoại hình ảnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

படம் தொலைபேசி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चित्र फोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Resim telefonu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

telefono foto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obraz telefon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фото телефон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

telefon imagine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τηλέφωνο εικόνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prentjie selfoon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bildtelefonen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bildet telefon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of picture phone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICTURE PHONE»

The term «picture phone» is normally little used and occupies the 130.338 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PICTURE PHONE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about picture phone

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QUOTES WITH «PICTURE PHONE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word picture phone.
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Jon Postel
I think that audio and video over the internet in the sense of teleconferencing and telephone calls. Maybe we'll actually have picture phone through your work station.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICTURE PHONE»

Discover the use of picture phone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to picture phone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Monochrome and Colour Television
10.5 PICTURE PHONE AND FACSIMILE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is another fascinating application of television where two people can see each other while talking over the telephone line. A picture phone installation includes a unit that contains ...
R.R. Gulati, 2007
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Here it is: picture-phone lets you see caller
Bell Laboratories has developed an experimental "Picture-Phone" system which has transmitted pictures over short and long distances, even from New York to Los Angeles. The experimental equipment has pictures varying in size from 1 by  ...
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Popular Science
PIXEL TALK/PICTURE PHONE LINE CONTROL CIRCUIT uick's sporty roadste m c> Footloose Three new electronic clutch. CRT AM MODULATOR PIXEL DRAWING BY ELIOT BERGMAN Transmission: As the vidicon camera scans an image, ...
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Punch-card, dial-a-book future where everyone is born with a ...
Experimental picture phone at Bell Labs is size of a table radio. Camera is behind hole at left. Push-button dialing system is at right. Living room switchboard on Long Island, Maine, built in 1892, is still in use, tied in to the newest equipment in ...
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Discovering Computers 2009: Complete
See also MMS (multimedia message service) Picture phone: Phone with picture messaging capability. 464. See also Camera phone Picture Explorer: Windows Vista feature that helps users locate files by showing thumbnails that preview ...
Gary Shelly, Misty Vermaat, 2008
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Popular Science
Is the vision of a picture phone in every home fading? No, say company officials and industry experts, but the picture phone is clearly on hold for now. While so- called video conferencing systems are beginning to catch on in the business world, ...
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Popular Mechanics
But it sounds like the old "picture phone" to us. Teleconferencing has been the wave of the future since 1934. !▻! Think it's new? Think again! They kept trying, but those picture phones never connected with home consumers. "Phone Users ...
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Human-computer Interaction, INTERACT '99: IFIP TC.13 ...
'sitting and chatting' by phone was joined by 'dropping in' by phone. The cordless phone simply extended this relationship into the garage. the downstairs and. yes. the bathroom. So AT&T announced the picture phone. The picture phone had ...
Martina Angela Sasse, Chris W. Johnson, 1999
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Discovering Computers 2009: Introductory
A phone with picture messaging capability often is called a camera phone or picture phone. Similarly, a phone with video messaging capability often is called a video phone. Read Ethics & Issues 9-2 for a related discussion. Picture/ video ...
Gary Shelly, Misty Vermaat, 2008
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Basic Radio & Television, 2/E
In picture phone system, the two persons can also see each other while talking on the telephone. The picture phone installation includes a small TV camera and a miniature picture tube. A slow scanning rate is 506 Basic Radio and Television  ...
Sharma, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICTURE PHONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term picture phone is used in the context of the following news items.
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John Lee Fletcher
He built the first picture phone and se several specific phones for generals and presidents. He was a life member of the American Legion Post ... «Indianapolis Star, Jun 15»
2
Blue Cross Marries Uber - in 2030
I remember visiting the New York World's Fair as a kid in 1965 sitting in the AT&T booth and talking to my brother nearby by picture phone ... «Pulse, Jun 15»
3
50 years ago, this amazing event showed us the future
Bell Telephone would introduce the Picture Phone, an early version of Skype or FaceTime. People could position themselves in booths around ... «Cult of Mac, Mar 15»
4
Panama-Pacific International Expo made Bay Area hub of innovation
Fifty years later, the phone company would stage a similar exhibit at the New York World's Fair, touting its latest invention — the picture phone. «San Francisco Chronicle, Feb 15»
5
The Simpsons: 26 times real life echoed the show
... she'd make sure Homer behaved at the wedding, Marge crossed her fingers, prompting Lisa to remind her that she was on "a picture phone". «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
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PHOTO GALLERY & VIDEO: Glenside couple creates documentary …
“At the fair it was called the Bell Picture Phone, and today it's things like Skype and FaceTime. When this technology was debuted, they really ... «Montgomery Newspapers, Oct 14»
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Interview: Fink's Fin Greenall Brings 'Hard Believer' to The …
Ten years ago I'd use a picture phone and record ideas and try to remember them. I only got into mobilizing my studio a couple years ago, ... «SFStation.com, Oct 14»
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How Video Conferencing has made an impact on Online Education
e-Learning It is reported that the first Peer to Peer experience of video conferencing was courtesy of AT&T, through its Picture Phone device. «PC Tech Magazine, Sep 14»
9
New Yorkers Go Back In Time At The World's Fair Grounds In Queens
In 1964 the fair drew 51-million visitors, who gazed at incredible new innovations like the world's first picture phone. At the time the fair was a ... «CBS Local, May 14»
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Color TVs? Picture phones? Emerging tech from 1964 N.Y. World's …
Fair patrons were dazzled when seeing themselves on RCA's color television, and the Bell System envisioned an early picture phone that ... «Digital Trends, Apr 14»

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