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  2. Called party - Wikipedia

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    The called party (in some contexts called the "B-Number") is a person who (or device that) answers a telephone call. The person who (or device that) initiates a telephone call is the calling party. [1] In some situations, the called party may number more than one. Such an instance is known as a conference call. In some systems, only one called ...

  3. Calling party - Wikipedia

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    The calling party (in some contexts called the "A-Number") ... The person who, or device that, receives a telephone call is the called party (or callee or B-party).

  4. List of telephony terminology - Wikipedia

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    Call originator - (or calling party, caller or A-party) a person or device that initiates a telephone call by dialling a telephone number. Call waiting - a system that notifies a caller of another incoming telephone call by sounding a sound in the earpiece. Called party - (or callee or B-party) Caller; Calling party; Conference call (multi ...

  5. Party line (telephony) - Wikipedia

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    One variation of identifying the calling party on direct-dialed long-distance calls is a party code, usually a single digit inside a circle displayed on the phone's number tag. The dialing sequence for such calls is "1" (access number for DDD), the party code, the area code, and the desired number (1 + party code + area code + number).

  6. Call detail record - Wikipedia

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    the phone number of the subscriber originating the call (calling party, A-party) the phone number receiving the call (called party, B-party) the starting time of the call (date and time) the call duration; the billing phone number that is charged for the call; the identification of the telephone exchange or equipment writing the record

  7. Telephone call - Wikipedia

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    An early 20th century candlestick telephone used for a phone call. A telephone call or telephone conversation (or telcon [1] [a]), also known as a phone call or voice call (or simply a call), is a connection over a telephone network between the called party and the calling party.

  8. Toll-free telephone number - Wikipedia

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    The calling party pays the local rate and the called party pays long-distance call charges (if any). In Indonesia , the toll-free prefix is "0800-1", followed by a six-digit number. In Ireland , 1800- xxxxxx numbers are freephones, with the 1800 71xxxx reserved for services that expect unusually high volumes of calls (e.g. radio station phone ...

  9. Caller ID - Wikipedia

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    Caller-ID system response sounds in various cases: analog, ISDN and digital PBX Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call is being set up.