Crossword clues for centrex
The Collaborative International Dictionary
centrex \centrex\ n. a contracted form of CENTRal EXchange.
WordNet
n. (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange
Wikipedia
Centrex is a portmanteau of central exchange, a kind of telephone exchange.
In the United Kingdom, British Telecom markets this service as FeatureLine (but refers to it internally as Centrex).
Centrex, the common name of the Central Police Training and Development Authority (CPTDA), was established under Part 4 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, and was the primary means of police training in England and Wales. It was based at Bramshill House, formerly known as the Police Staff College, Bramshill. Centrex had the responsibility for many aspects of police training and development. There had been a move away from running Police Training Centres to running police trainee/initial probationer courses in-house under the auspices of Centrex. Centrex was replaced by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) on 1 April 2007.
Centrex was responsible for overseeing the design and delivery of probationer training, investigators training and other key areas. Centrex was also responsible for evaluating police training to see if it actually works. Centrex also set the national police promotion exams, probationer development tests and advised on the assessment of recruits.
Centrex was staffed by a mixture of non-police officers (civil servants) and seconded police officers. Centrex had five main Foundation Training sites at Ashford, Kent, Bruche, St Dials in Cwmbran, Ryton-on-Dunsmore and Aykley Heads in Durham.
Centrex was formerly known as National Police Training (NPT).
From 1 April 2007, the functions of Centrex and other bodies were merged into the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA). The NPIA works in partnership with forces and policing bodies to improve the way they work across many areas of policing.
Usage examples of "centrex".
Moving on the ground, Centrex picked up three, eight, nine, then lost four on a good tackle by Dennis Smee who went spinning off a block and hit the ballcarrier very hard around the midsection as he hesitated while bellying out on a sweep.
The exception was West Centrex Biotechnical, an independent like us and a minor power in the area for years.
The game with Centrex, which would be our seventh, was already shaping up as the whole season for us.
I moved away from him, putting 'on my helmet as I watched Centrex move toward the line.
Their left end pushed him out of bounds and a linebacker knocked him over the Centrex bench.
The GARDEN prototype combines centrex lines with a minicomputer using UNIX operating system software.
You can give yourself hold-on-hold and customized message transfers, and best of all, the thing is run off (notoriously insecure) centrex lines using--get this--standard UNIX software!
The GARDEN prototype combines centrex lines with a minicomputer using UNIX operating system software.
You can give yourself hold-on-hold and customized message transfers, and best of all, the thing is run off (notoriously insecure) centrex lines using--get this--standard UNIX software!
You can give yourself hold-on-hold and customized message transfers, and best of all, the thing is run off (notoriously insecure) centrex lines using -- get this -standard UNIX software!
The number goes into a centrex computer inside the White House and is routed according to a preprogrammed codex.
He could do anything—program that centrex computer, get the goods on anybody blackmailable, even rig the assignments of Secret Service.