internet telephony
Definition
Technology that converts analog speech signals into digital signals and routes them through packet-switched networks of the internet. These signals bypass the traditional circuit-switched networks used for telephone calls and thus escape the long-distance phone charges.
internet telephony is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
internet telephony appears in the definitions of the following terms: ICQ and IP Telephony
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