autodiallerautodialern.
/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)ˌdʌɪ(ə)lə/, U.S. /ˈɔdoʊˌdaɪlər/, /ˈɑdoʊˌdaɪlər/ Telecommunications and Computing.
A device that can automatically dial telephone numbers; a facility on a telephone, fax machine, etc., for doing this; = autodial n. 2. Cf. dialler n. 3.Autodiallers may also be used to deliver a pre-recorded message (often to large numbers of people).
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1960 Electr. Times 11 Aug. 214/1 Emergency services may be called automatically when burglar or fire alarms operate with the recently announced Auto-Alarm Dialler. The dialler..will transmit..emergency calls if a burglar or fire alarm should operate. The auto-dialler calls the emergency number, usually 999.
1984 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 940 It's an auto-dialer that offers 1-button dialing of 10 frequently called numbers.
1993 Electronic House Dec. 14/1 (advt.) Use your phone's auto-dialer to activate multiple command ‘sequences’ at the touch of a button.
2000 Chicago Tribune 1 Sept. i. 6/1 In a taped message being sent out by auto-dialer to voters in Maryland's 4th Congressional District, Jessie Wynn says [etc.].
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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