The device in an automatic office that receives information and stores it for possible conversion or translation. The technical standards for direct connection are contained in Part 68 of the FCC's Rules and Regulations. A telephone set that stores a group of numbers frequently caned by a customer and transmits the dialing information to the central office by a single action. Frequently, unrealistic demands for short response times lead to very expensive systems. On the other hand, poor systems development is often passed off with comments about unrealistic demands.
Response time requires careful evaluation to place it in proper perspective.
The measurement of the difference in the transmitted message received at the end of the transmission. Also called collect call. In telephone networks, a means of controlling distant switching selections by pulsing, in which the near end receives signals from the far end. The sound the telephone caller receives when the called telephone set is ringing. The method of signaling an operator in which telephone ringing current is sent over the line to operate a lamp andthe drop of a self-locking relay.