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  2. Ringing tone - Wikipedia

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    Ringing tone (audible ringing, also ringback tone) is a signaling tone in telecommunication that is heard by the originator of a telephone call while the destination terminal is alerting the receiving party. The tone is typically a repeated cadence similar to a traditional power ringing signal (ringtone), but is

  3. Ringtone - Wikipedia

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    Ringing noise from an electromechanical telephone Example of a short digital tune which could be used as a ringtone on a mobile phone. A ringtone is the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming telephone call. Originally referring to the sound of electromechanical striking of bells or gongs, the term refers to any sound by any device ...

  4. Ringing (telephony) - Wikipedia

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    A ring generator or ringing voltage generator is a device which outputs 20 cycle sinusoidal AC at up to 110 volts peak to power bells or annunciators in one or more telephone extensions. [4] The output stops if a handset is taken off the hook. In terminology devised by phone phreaks, a ringing generator is a magenta box.

  5. Multi-frequency signaling - Wikipedia

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    Multifrequency signaling is a technological precursor of dual-tone multi-frequency signaling (DTMF, Touch-Tone), which uses the same fundamental principle, but was used primarily for signaling address information and control signals from a user's telephone to the wire-center's Class-5 switch. DTMF uses a total of eight frequencies.

  6. Call-progress tone - Wikipedia

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    In this case the ringing state is sent by the host network and the tone is generated by the home network. In some instances, the tones are entirely generated by the local network or even by the telephone itself; this is increasingly common on VoIP-based services. In this case no distantly generated tones will be heard.

  7. Ringback - Wikipedia

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    Ringing tone, also ringback tone, the audible ringing that is heard by the calling party after dialing; Ringback number, a number used by phone companies to test whether a telephone line and phone number is working; Automatic ring back, a telephone feature to notify the caller when the called party ceases to be engaged

  8. Microsoft defends Bing's AI mistakes as it faces 'our share ...

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    In a post on its Bing Blogs, Microsoft said 71% of AI-powered answers have received a thumbs up from users, meaning they clicked the thumbs up button in the response box that appears when you ...

  9. Signal tone - Wikipedia

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    A signal tone or signalling tone is a steady or pulsating periodic signal typically in the frequency range of sound for indicating a condition, communication protocol state, or serve as an audible warning. It may be composed of multiple frequency components, or could be a pure tone.