General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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add-on conference

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service feature that allows an additional party to be added to an established call without attendant assistance. Note: A common implementation provides a progressive method that allows a call ...

remote call forwarding

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service feature that allows calls coming to a remote call-forwarding number to be automatically forwarded to any answering location designated by the call receiver. Note: Customers may have a ...

direct inward dialing (DID)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service feature that allows inward-directed calls to a PBX to reach a specific PBX extension without human intervention. Synonym network inward dialing.

automatic message accounting (AMA)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service feature that automatically records data regarding user-dialed calls.

speed calling

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service feature that enables a switch or station to store certain telephone numbers and dial them automatically when a short (1-, 2-, or 3-digit) code is entered.

A service feature that enables the system to complete an access attempt in spite of temporary unavailability of system transmission or switching facilities required to establish the requested access. ...