telephony

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T0090600 (tə-lĕf′ə-nē)n.1. The transmission of sound between distant stations, especially by radio or telephone.2. The technology and manufacture of telephone equipment.

te·leph′o·nist n.

telephony

(tɪˈlɛfənɪ) n (Telecommunications) a system of telecommunications for the transmission of speech or other sounds

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n. the construction or operation of telephones or telephonic systems. [1825–35]

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telephony - transmitting speech at a distance telephonetelecom, telecommunication - (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronicallyvoice mail, voicemail - a computerized system for answering and routing telephone calls; telephone messages can be recorded and stored and relayedcall, phone call, telephone call - a telephone connection; "she reported several anonymous calls"; "he placed a phone call to London"; "he heard the phone ringing but didn't want to take the call"call forwarding - lets you transfer your incoming calls to any telephone that you can dial directcall waiting - a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephonephone, telephone, call up, call, ring - get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"cell phone - call up by using a cellular phone; "If the train is late, I will cell phone you"call in - make a phone call; "call in to a radio station"; "call in sick"dial - operate a dial to select a telephone number; "You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial"hold the line, hang on, hold on - hold the phone line open; "Please hang on while I get your folder"

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telephony

[tə′lef·ə·nē] (communications) The transmission of speech to a distant point by means of electric signals.

Telephony

the field of science and technology encompassing both the study of telephone-communication principles and the development of telephone equipment.

As a scientific and technological discipline, telephony comprises a number of activities. It studies the properties and characteristics of the sound field, by which interaction occurs between the organs of speech and hearing on the one hand and electroacoustic transducers (telephone transmitter and receiver) on the other. Telephony also investigates the physics of these interaction processes and develops transducers and telephone sets having specified parameters (sensitivity, amplitude-frequency response, level of intrinsic noise, extent of sidetone reduction). In addition, it develops equipment for multichannel communication and establishes criteria for evaluating the quality of speech transmission of telephone sets and telephone circuits (intelligibility, loudness, naturalness).

Telephony also includes the design and construction of switching and control equipment for telephone central offices (selectors, connectors, registers, markers) and the design of telephone networks. Networks must be designed to handle a particular volume of traffic and deliver a certain quality of service, and the design work involves determination of the number of channels and control devices to be used and of the placement of central offices and switching centers. Telephony also concerns itself with developing methods of monitoring, and improving the reliability of, switching equipment.

Improvements in telephone technology have been associated with the development of multichannel systems (with both frequency- and time-division multiplexing) possessing high operational reliability and stability of electrical and other characteristics and with the introduction of high-speed switching and control apparatus for automatic central offices. Of special interest is the development of methods for encoding address and speech information for systems where line multiplexing and channel switching are based on the principle of time division of channels, for example, using pulse-code modulation. Advances in electronics and computer technology have made possible the creation of highly efficient equipment for telephone communication, prime examples of which are quasi-electronic and electronic switching facilities, including automatic central offices with programmed control of switching operations.

Many problems in telephony draw on the principles and techniques of the electromagnetic analogy theory (design of transducers), the theory of linear and nonlinear circuits (design of telephone-set circuits and of control circuits in automatic central offices), probability theory, and queuing theory.

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Z. S. KOKHANOVA and O. I. PANKRATOVA

telephony

(communications)Communication, often two-way, of spokeninformation, by means of electrical signals carried by wiresor radio waves. The term was used to indicate transmission ofthe voice, as distinguished from telegraphy (done in Morse code and usually called "continuous wave" or CWtransmission), radio teletypewriter (RTTY) transmission (alsocalled FSK for "Frequency Shift Keying", the modulationscheme used by such machines), and later, facimile.

telephony

Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies. It later referred to a mix of analog and digital circuits, but still with the telephone industry. Starting in the 1990s, telephony began to embrace sending voice over IP (VoIP) networks, which is now deployed by common carriers, private enterprises and independent VoIP providers (see VoIP and IP telephony).

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noun transmitting speech at a distance

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