VoIP Business Glossary
Here we will try to describe most useful terms in VoIP business trying to avoid all technical slang. Only most useful terms will be described.
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ANI - (Automated Number Identifier): A fancy way of referring to your telephone number. (Pronounced Ann’EE or Ay-En-I.)
API - application program interface, a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. A good API makes it easier to develop a program by providing all the building blocks. A programmer then puts the blocks together.
Asterisk - A very popular open source software allowing a standard Linux server to be converted into a feature rich telephone system, supporting both analog and VoIP calling.
ATA (Analog Telephone Adaptor) - A small device to convert the signal required by your traditional analog phone into a VoIP protocol allowing VoIP provided service to be used. Used to connect a standard telephone to a high-speed modem to facilitate VoIP and/or fax calls over the Internet.
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