General telecom

General telecom

Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.

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Directory Assistance (DA)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service providing the requested telephone number for a given name and address.

packet-switched data transmission service

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service that (a) provides for the transmission of data in the form of packets, (b) switches data at the packet level, and (c) may provide for the assembly and disassembly of data packets.

eight-hundred (800) service

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service that allows call originators to place toll telephone calls to 800-service subscribers, from within specified rate areas, without a charge to the call originator. Note: The 800 series ...

inward wide-area telephone service (inwats)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service that allows call originators to place toll telephone calls to 800-service subscribers, from within specified rate areas, without a charge to the call originator. Note: The 800 series ...

connectionless service

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service that allows the transfer of information among subscribers without the need for end-to-end establishment procedures.

common management information service (CMIS)

Telecommunications; General telecom

A service that specifies the service interface to the Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP. ) Note: To transfer management information between open systems using CMIS/CMIP, peer connections, ...