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General telecom
Terms relating to telecommunication or communication through technological means.
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General telecom
Automatic call distributor (ACD)
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device that distributes incoming calls to a specific group of terminals. Note: If the number of active calls is less than the number of terminals, the next call will be routed to the terminal that ...
Passive device
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device that does not require a source of energy for its operation. Note: Examples of passive devices are electrical resistors, electrical capacitors, diodes, optical fibers, cables, wires, glass ...
Bridge lifter
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device that electrically or physically removes bridged telephone pairs. Note: Relays, saturable inductors, and semiconductors are used as bridge lifters.
Data conferencing repeater
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device that enables any one user of a group of users to transmit a message to all other users in that group. Synonym technical control hubbing repeater.
Technical control hubbing repeater
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device that enables any one user of a group of users to transmit a message to all other users in that group. Synonym technical control hubbing repeater.
Automatic calling unit (ACU)
Telecommunications; General telecom
A device that enables equipment, such as computers and card dialers, to originate calls automatically over a telecommunications network.
Multiple terminal address registration
Telecommunications; General telecom
A feature that enables the UPT user to simultaneously register multiple terminal addresses for incoming and/or outgoing UPT calls.
