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List of telephony terminology - Definition and Overview
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The following are terms and acronyms which relate to telephony networks

Acronyms

Acronym Name Notes
2G second-generation mobile telephone  
2.5G Enhanced 2G mobile telephone  
3G third-generation monile telephone  
ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line  
ANI Automatic Number Identification US
CID Caller ID  
CLI Caller Line Identification Europe
CLID Caller Line ID UK
CTI Computer telephony integration  
DDI Direct Dialing Inward  
DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications  
DID Direct Inward Dialing  
DNIS Dialed Number Identification System US
DSL Digital Subscriber Line  
DTMF dual-tone multi-frequency  
GPRS General Packet Radio Service  
GSM Global system for mobile communications  
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network  
IVR interactive voice response  
PABX Private Automatic Branch eXchange Europe
PBX Private Branch eXchange US
POTS plain old telephone service  
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network  
REN ringer equivalency number  
SMS Short Message Service or text messages  
TAPI Telephony Application Programming Interface  
WAP Wireless Application Protocol  
WATS Wide Area Telephone Service US
VOIP Voice over Internet Protocol  

Other terms

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