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Glossary
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Comfort handset
Handset with special features, e. g. a backlit graphic display, a larger directory capacity
or the option of downloading ringtones.
CW (Call Waiting)
See "Call Waiting"
D
DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication)
Standard for wireless telecommunications enabling the exchange of voice and multi-
media data between a base station and up to 8 end devices. DECT is now accepted as
a standard in more than 70 countries. In conjunction with the GAP Standard, this allows
devices from various vendors to be combined.
Dialler
Originally programs enabling a PC to access telephone connections (e. g. the dialler in
the Windows operating systems). The term dialler is now used for programs that set up
connections independently and unnoticed to preset special numbers. This normally
leads to very high connection charges. Diallers can end up on a PC during an Internet
download and then install themselves unnoticed. To protect against diallers, there are
programs e. g. the dialler blocker, which a PC can use to control the connections made
and to allow only particular connections.
Dial-up connections (remote data transfer)
A term for transmitting digital data over the telephone network. Well-know dial-up con-
nections are fax and Internet connections.
Dial-up network
Windows component for remote data transfer that connects a PC via a telephone line
(analogue or ISDN) with an external network, e. g. the Internet.
E
Enquiry call
You are making a call. An enquiry allows you to temporarily interrupt the call to connect
to a second external or internal party. If you terminate the connection to this user imme-
diately, then this was an enquiry call. If you switch to and fro between the first and sec-
ond user, it is called toggling.
Exchange
Node in a public telephone network via which external connections are set up and redi-
rected. A distinction is made between e. g. local exchanges and long-distance
exchanges.
External call forwarding
Call forwarding is set to the exchange. The second B-channel is not used for external call
forwarding. The network provider may charge an additional fee.