auto-answern.
/ˌɔːtəʊˈɑːnsə/, /ˌɔːtəʊˈansə/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˈænsər/, /ˌɑdoʊˈænsər/ Telecommunications and Computing.
A facility by which a telephone, modem, or other device, on receiving an incoming signal, automatically establishes a connection with the source and sends a response. Frequently attributive.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone > telephone facilities
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1961 Automatic Electric Techn. Jrnl. Jan. 170/2 To make an outgoing announcement, we would set the machine in the auto answer position as seen in the partial schematic.
1967 U.S. Patent 3,301,958 6 Once an audio signal has been recorded in the storage assembly 18, the repertory caller 10 is placed in its ‘Auto Answer’ condition.
1983 Your Computer (Austral.) May 86/1 An auto-answer modem allows your computer to connect itself to the telephone lines.
2005 T. Wallingford Switching to VoIP xv. 366 It uses autoanswer to pick up incoming calls on a second line.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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