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2. List of telephony terminology - Wikipedia

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   ACD - Automatic Call Distribution; Articulation score; B. Blue box - a device that was used to bypass the normal long-distance call switching tones typically used to obtain free calls. C. Call originator - (or calling party, caller or A-party) a person or device that initiates a telephone call by dialling a telephone number.

3. Google Voice - Wikipedia

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   Google provides free PC-to-PC voice calling worldwide. As described above, Google Voice users in many countries may make low-cost calls to international phone numbers, and currently may also make free PC-to-phone calls within the United States and Canada. Vincent Paquet, a co-founder of GrandCentral who became a senior product manager at Google ...

4. Phreaking - Wikipedia

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   Phreaking is a slang term coined to describe the activity of a culture of people who study, experiment with, or explore telecommunication systems, such as equipment and systems connected to public telephone networks. [1] The term phreak is a sensational spelling of the word freak with the ph- from phone, and may also refer to the use of various ...

5. Textfree - Wikipedia

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   Textfree. TextFree (formerly called Pinger and sometimes stylized as textfree) is a mobile application and web service that allows users to send and receive text messages, as well as make and receive VoIP phone calls, for free over the internet. The service costs nothing because it is supported by ads, but users have the option of paying for an ...

6. SMS language - Wikipedia

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   SMS language. SMS language displayed on a mobile phone screen. Short Message Service ( SMS) language, textism, or textese [a] is the abbreviated language and slang commonly used in the late 1990s and early 2000s with mobile phone text messaging, and occasionally through Internet -based communication such as email and instant messaging.

7. Text messaging - Wikipedia

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   Text messaging. A text message using SMS – the 160 character limit and difficulty of typing on feature phone keypads led to the abbreviations of "SMS language". The word "lol" sent via iMessage. Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters ...

8. List of wireless network technologies - Wikipedia

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   2G (or 2-G) provides three primary benefits over their predecessors: phone conversations are digitally encrypted; 2G systems are significantly more efficient on the spectrum allowing for far greater mobile phone penetration levels; and 2G introduced data services for mobile, starting with SMS (Short Message Service) plain text-based messages. 2G technologies enable the various mobile phone ...

9. Telecommunications device for the deaf - Wikipedia

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   The specific GA and SK keys allow for speedier use of common abbreviations. A telecommunications device for the deaf ( TDD) is a teleprinter, an electronic device for text communication over a telephone line, that is designed for use by persons with hearing or speech difficulties. Other names for the device include teletypewriter ( TTY ...