Telephone call — A telephone call is a connection over a telephone network between the calling party and the called party. Information transmissionA telephone call may carry ordinary voice transmission using a telephone, data transmission when the calling party… … Wikipedia
telephone line — noun 1. the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑telephone wire, ↑telegraph wire, ↑telegraph line • Hypernyms: ↑wire, ↑conducting wire … Useful english dictionary
connection — con|nec|tion W2S3 [kəˈnekʃən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(relationship)¦ 2¦(joining)¦ 3 in connection with something 4¦(electrical wire)¦ 5¦(train/flight etc)¦ 6¦(road/railway etc)¦ 7¦(people)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(RELATIONSHIP)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
connection — connectional, adj. /keuh nek sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or state of connecting. 2. the state of being connected: the connection between cause and effect. 3. anything that connects; connecting part; link; bond: an electrical connection. 4.… … Universalium
telephone circuit — noun a telephone connection • Syn: ↑telephone line, ↑phone line, ↑subscriber line, ↑line • Hypernyms: ↑connection, ↑connexion, ↑connector, ↑connecter, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
connection — noun Etymology: Latin connexion , connexio, from conectere Date: 14th century 1. the act of connecting ; the state of being connected: as a. causal or logical relation or sequence < the connection between two ideas > b … New Collegiate Dictionary
telephone call — noun a telephone connection (Freq. 2) she reported several anonymous calls he placed a phone call to London he heard the phone ringing but didn t want to take the call • Syn: ↑call, ↑phone call • Derivationally related … Useful english dictionary
connection — con·nec·tion || kÉ™ nekʃn n. link; junction; physical link; act of connecting; context, reference to something; transportation link that provides continuing service between means of transportation; means of communication (as telephone… … English contemporary dictionary
Telephone Number Mapping — (ENUM or Enum, from E.164 NUmber Mapping) is a suite of protocols to unify the telephone numbering system E.164 with the Internet addressing system DNS by using an indirect lookup method, to obtain NAPTR records. The records are stored at a DNS… … Wikipedia
Connection-oriented communication — Connection oriented (CO mode[1]) communication is a data communication mode in telecommunications whereby the devices at the end points use a protocol to establish an end to end logical or physical connection before any data may be sent. In case… … Wikipedia
