General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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private line service

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service for communications between specified locations for a continuous period or for regularly recurring periods at stated hours. 2. A service whereby facilities for communication between two or ...

Internet relay chat (IRC)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service for conducting a chat on the Internet, i.e., an application that allows a number of individual users to exchange text messages simultaneously in real time over The Internet.

short message service (SMS)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service in GSM mobile telephony systems that allows the user to send and receive short (maximum 160-character) messages independently of voice calls; a nearly real-time service that stores messages ...

shared service link connection

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service link connection that can be used by any service customer (SC) in a predefined set of SCs on a first-come, first-service-basis; that is, during a specific time period, only one SC can use ...

Centrex® (CTX) service

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service offered by Bell Operating Companies that provides functions and features comparable to those provided by a PBX or a PABX. Note: "Centrex® C. O. "indicates that all equipment except the ...

intelligent network (IN) supported service

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service provided using the capabilities of the intelligent network.

electronic messaging service

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service providing interpersonal messaging capability; meeting specific functional, management, and technical requirements; and yielding a business-quality electronic mail service suitable for the ...