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Vocab 2
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Telecommunications | electronic transfer of information over a distance |
| Analog | Transmitted by a signal that corresponds to a physical change such as sound |
| Digital | stored or transmitted by a process using groups of electronic bits of data |
| Modem | a conversion device for digital and analog data |
| Videoconferencing | communication system that used two-way voice and video |
| Automated Attendant | computerized system for handling telephone calls |
| Call Forwarding | send a call automatically to another telephone number |
| voice mail | messaging system that uses computers and telephones to record, store and retrieve voice messages |
| Auto redial | redials automatically the last number dialed by pressing a key |
| call block | restricts callers from making telephone toll calls or calls which an extra charge is made |
| Caller ID | records or displays the telephone number of a caller |
| call queuing or camp on | Reestablishes the connection after a busy signal when both parties are free |
| call return | Redials the number of the last call received for several minutes |
| Call waiting | signals an incoming call is waiting while call is in process |
| Conferencing | allows user to set up a conversation with three or more people at the same time |
| Memory | allows the user to store numbers and then dial a number with one button |
| speakerphone | allows the user to speak into a microphone on the telephone rather than a headset |
| Braille | a system that enables the blind to ready by feeling a pattern of raised dots |
| Cellular phone | communication device that uses wireless, radio frequencies to transmit voice across geographic segments |
| pager | electronic device that alerts the user of the need to respond by telephone |
| Interface | connection |
| telephony | integration of computer and telephone technologies |