Look up: Telephony

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   Telephony
   Telephony refers to the reproduction of speech at a distance from the source. Telephony may occur with the use of a telephone, or through wireless apparatus such as radio equipment.
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   telephony
   (communications) Communication, often two-way, of spoken information, by means of electrical signals carried by wires or radio waves. The term was used to indicate transmission of the voice, as distinguished from telegraphy (done in Morse code and usually called 'continuous wave' or CW transmission), radio teletypewriter (RTTY) transmission (also ...
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   telephony
   a system of telecommunication set up for the transmission of speech or, in some cases, other sounds; a form of telecommunication primarily intended for the exchange of information in the form of speech, as defined at the International Telecommunication Convention (Nairobi,1982) Category: News-systems and communications
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   Telephony
   Te·leph'o·ny noun The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.
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   Telephony
   In telecommunication, `telephony` encompasses the general use of equipment to provide voice communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other. Telephones originally were connected directly together in pairs. Each user had separate telephones wired to the various places he might wish to reach. This became inconvenient when people wanted to talk to many other telephones, so the telephone exchange was invented. Each ...
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   Telephony
   • (n.) The art or process of reproducing sounds at a distance, as with the telephone.
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   telephony
   telephony 1. The transmission of sound between distant stations, especially by radio or telephone. 2. The technology and manufacture of telephone equipment.
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   telephony
   a form of telecommunication primarily intended for the exchange of information in the form of speech.
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   telephony
   a form of telecommunication primarily intended for an exchange of information in the form of speech NOTE - This is the definition given in the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union (Nice 1989).
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