Erna Schneider Hoover revolutionized the telecommunications industry with her invention of a computerized telephone switching method. Her work in the late 1960s at Bell Labs involved creating a system that could automatically adjust the call capacity of a telephone exchange, preventing overloads and ensuring smoother telecommunications. Hoover's innovation is considered one of the first practical applications of computer-controlled systems in telecommunications.
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