Communication

Articles about communication systems, signals and exchange of information.

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112 (emergency telephone number)

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Å

Å — the Scandinavian letter A with a ring

A (Cyrillic)

Abbreviation

Abbreviation: forms, uses, and how it differs from acronyms

Abenaki language

Abjad

Abjad: consonant-based writing systems

Abkhaz language

Abugida

Abugida (alphasyllabary)

Accent

Accent — regional and personal patterns of pronunciation

Acronym

Acronym: definition, types, history and usage

Acute accent

Address

Address (contact identifier and location descriptor)

Adyghe language

Adyghe language (Adygebze) — Circassian language of the Northwest Caucasus

Afar language

Afar language (Qafaraf) — an East Cushitic language of the Horn of Africa

Affricate

African-American Vernacular English

Afrikaans

Afrikaans: origin, features, and contemporary role

Afroasiatic languages

Afroasiatic languages: overview, branches, history and modern role

Aimaq dialect

Aimaq dialect (Persian ethnolect)

Air gap (networking)

Air-ground radiotelephone service

Air–Ground Radiotelephone Service

Ajam

Ajam (Arabic term for non‑Arabic speaker and its historical meanings)

Akkadian language

Alarm

Albanian language

Albanian language

Albanian language (Shqip): overview, history, dialects and usage

Albanian (Shqip) is an Indo-European language forming its own branch. Spoken in Albania, Kosovo and surrounding regions, it has two main dialects, a Latin-based alphabet, and a ric

Alemannic German

Alice and Bob

Alice and Bob: Placeholders for Parties in Science and Security

Alphabet

Alphabet

Alphabet: systems of written letters and their roles

An alphabet is a standardized set of letters used to represent spoken language. This article explains what alphabets are, how they differ from other scripts, their history, structu

Alveolar consonant

Amateur radio

Amateur radio (ham radio): hobby, technology, and public service

Amber alert

AMBER Alert (child abduction emergency broadcast system)

American English

American Sign Language

American Sign Language (ASL): Overview, History, Grammar, and Use

Amharic language

Amplitude modulation

Analog signal

Anglicisation

Anglo-Frisian languages

Anglo-Norman language

AP

AP: common meanings, origins, and uses

Aragonese language

Aragonese language (Aragonés)

Aramaic language

ARCNET

Area code 242

Area code 268

Area code 268 (Antigua and Barbuda)

Area code 307

Area code 401