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Telegraph may refer to:

In communications:

• Telegraphy, a method of long-distance communication
• Electrical telegraph, a form of telegraph that uses electric signals.
• Telegraph sounder, a device which produces an audible sound when connected to an electrical telegraph.
• Telegraph code, a character encoding used to transmit information through telegraphy machines.
• Telegraph key, a generic term for any switching device used primarily to send Morse code.
• Transatlantic telegraph cable, a nineteenth century telegraph cable that crossed the Atlanta Ocean.
• Australian Overland Telegraph Line, a 3200 kilometre telegraph line that connected Darwin with Port Augusta.

As a geographical name:

• Telegraph Avenue, a street that traverses Berkeley, California and Oakland, California.
• Telegraph Hill, various hills of that name
• Telegraph Road (Michigan), a major north-south thoroughfare in Michigan

As a common name for periodical publications:

• The Daily Telegraph, a broadsheet newspaper published throughout Great Britain and beyond.
• De Telegraaf, the largest Dutch daily morning newspaper.
• The Daily Telegraph (Australia), a newspaper published in Sydney, Australia
• The Telegraph, an English-language newspaper published in Kolkata (Calcutta), India.
• The Telegraph (Macon), a McClatchy newspaper published in Macon, Georgia.
• Telegraph of Nashua, daily newspaper in Nashua, New Hampshire.
• Belfast Telegraph, a daily evening newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Community Telegraph, a freely distributed newspaper in Belfast and County Down, Northern Ireland.
• Jewish Telegraph, a Jewish Newspaper in Britain.
• Telegraph Herald, a daily newspaper published in Dubuque, Iowa.
• Telegraph and Argus, an evening newspaper published in Bradford, England
• Coventry Evening Telegraph, an evening newspaper published in Coventry, England

As a metaphor:

• Telegraph (sports), to betray one's intentions to an opponent.
• Telegraph (entertainment), similar to above, the advance disclosure or extreme hinting of an element in a composition, narrative plot, or recitation (as in a stand-up comic telegraphing the punchline). Differs from above in that the compositional (music and the visual arts) usage thereof is a respected technique within the arts, such as an overture in musical usage. Such usage in literature is usually not respected.

Other uses:

• Telegraph plant, a tropical Asian shrub classified as Desmodium motorium, Desmodium gyrans, or Codariocalyx motorius
• Telegraph Records, a music label
• Telegraphic speech, early-childhood developmental speech
• Telegraph (album), the debut album by actor, singer, and songwriter Drake Bell
• Telegraph Melts, a 1986 album by musician Jandek.

[edit] See also

• AT&T
• ITT
• New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
• Pacific Telegraph Company
• Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
• Coit Tower, at the summit of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, California
• Royal Corps of Signals
• Semaphore (communication), also known as optical telegraph or Chappe telegraph

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