单词 | ringback |
释义 | ringbackn. Telecommunications. 1. A telephone call returning one previously made; a facility allowing such a call to be made automatically; = callback n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > call or message > types of personal call1843 local call1882 ringback1895 long distance1902 private call1907 trunk-call1910 toll call1912 callback1914 overflow1924 picture message1929 alarm call1966 text message1977 text1990 1895 A. R. Bennett Telephone Syst. Europe xxiv. 404 In obtaining connections, the subscribers ring the exchange and put the telephone to the ear without waiting for a ring back. 1898 J. K. Jerome Second Thoughts 131 The ring-back recalls you. You seize the ear trumpet, and shout. 1952 W. S. Fairfield & C. Clift in M. Ascoli Our Times (1960) 61 A ringback signified only that the line was in working order. The test could not possibly indicate wiretapping. 1959 Provo (Utah) Daily Herald 21 Sept. 4/7 After a 15-minute wait.., ring-back was made through the telephone operator, who said ‘no one at that number wants to talk to you.’ 1992 Union Leader (Manchester, New Hampsh.) (Nexis) 5 Apr. 5 We did locate the caller—we have instant ringback—and make an arrest, and fortunately everything turned out okay. 2002 Which? Sept. 27/1 Not all will support BT's additional offers, such as ring back, call barring and call diversion. 2. In full ringback tone, ringback signal. A sound played to a user to indicate that a telephone which has been called is currently ringing. ΚΠ 1917 U.S. Patent 1,233,887 8/1 Whenever the ringing relay 340 is actuated, it connects a suitable ‘ring-back’ signal to the calling subscriber, notifying him that the party he called for is being rung. 1950 Winona (Minnesota) Republican-Herald 11 Oct. 3/6 The ringing, busy and ring back tones in the Winona Telephone Exchange are to be changed. 1972 Sci. Amer. Sept. 120/1 When the path is found, the signal-distributor sends electrical signals to ring the telephone of the called subscriber and sends ringback tones to the caller. 2004 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 7 Dec. Get ready for ringbacks. This newest audio fix for cell phone users is a snippet of a song meant to replace those boring standard rings callers hear after they punch in a number. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1895 |
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