| 释义 |
camp-on Teleph.|ˈkæmpɒn|
[f. camp v.2 + on prep.]
A facility of some telephone systems by which the caller of an engaged number can arrange for the system to ring it automatically as soon as it becomes free (in some cases ringing the caller also if he has replaced his receiver). Also camp-on busy.
1975Telecommunications Jan. 54/2 Standard Features include: attendant programmable class of service..add-on conference..camp-on busy, trunk busy display, [etc.]. 1982New Scientist 21 Jan. 158/2 These [features] included ‘camp-on’ — whereby incoming [telephone] calls can automatically follow their targets around an office block. 1984UCL Bull. July 18/2 Push-button telephones will enable an extensive range of facilities to be made available to the user, such as..camp-on (where a number dialled is busy, the system automatically sets up the call again when it becomes free), etc. |