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blue boxing

blue boxing noun: an early 1970s phreaking technique involving electronic devices, famously built by Steve Wozniak and marketed by Steve Jobs, that simulated the 2600Hz tone used by telephone operators, allowing users to seize control of trunk lines, bypassing billing systems to make free, long-distance, or international calls.

blue boxing: an early 1970s phreaking technique involving electronic devices, famously built by Steve Wozniak...
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Noun

blue boxing (plural blue boxings)

  1. An early 1970s phreaking technique involving electronic devices, famously built by Steve Wozniak and marketed by Steve Jobs, that simulated the 2600Hz tone used by telephone operators, allowing users to seize control of trunk lines, bypassing billing systems to make free, long-distance, or international calls.
    • See also: blue box

Forms of blue boxing

pluralblue boxings

Questions about blue boxing

What does blue boxing mean?
Blue boxing means an early 1970s phreaking technique involving electronic devices, famously built by Steve Wozniak and marketed by Steve Jobs, that simulated the 2600Hz tone used by telephone operators, allowing users to seize control of trunk lines, bypassing billing systems to make free, long-distance, or international calls.
What part of speech is blue boxing?
Blue boxing is a noun.
What is the plural of blue boxing?
The plural of blue boxing is blue boxings.

Words near blue boxing in the dictionary

  1. blue bottle
  2. blue bottle experiment
  3. blue bottles
  4. blue box
  5. blue boxes
  6. blue boxing
  7. blue bubble
  8. blue bugle
  9. blue bugles
  10. blue bull
  11. blue bulls

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