call waiting

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• Call waiting — (or catch phone in Japan), in telephony, is a feature on some telephone networks. If a calling party places a call to a called party which is otherwise engaged, and the called party has the call waiting feature enabled, the called party is able… …   Wikipedia

• call waiting — ˌcall ˈwaiting noun [uncountable] TELECOMMUNICATIONS a system that allows you to receive a telephone call, but make the caller wait, while you are speaking to someone else on the telephone: • When you are on the phone, the call waiting system… …   Financial and business terms

• call waiting — n. a telephone service that allows a person already talking on the telephone to be alerted to an incoming call by a faint beep or click and to take that call by putting the first call on hold …   English World dictionary

• call waiting — n [U] a telephone service that allows you to receive another call when you are already talking on the telephone, without ending the first call …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• call waiting — noun a way of letting you know that someone else is calling when you are using your telephone • Hypernyms: ↑telephone, ↑telephony * * * noun [noncount] : a service that makes it possible for someone who is speaking on the telephone to receive… …   Useful english dictionary

• call waiting — N UNCOUNT: oft N n Call waiting is a telephone service that sends you a signal if another call arrives while you are already on the phone. ICM is an internationally patented call waiting service suited to the domestic market …   English dictionary

• call waiting — A service that the phone company offers most customers that allows the customer to hear a special sound on the phone if there is an incoming call while the customer is talking with someone else. The customer can then talk with either caller. This …   Dictionary of telecommunications

• Call Waiting (Prison Break) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Call Waiting ( Capítulo # Temporada 3, Capítulo 3 Guión Zack Estrin Director Milan Cheylov Emisión en USA 1 de octubre …   Wikipedia Español

• Call Waiting Deluxe — is the Bellcore (now Telcordia Technologies) term for Type II caller ID with Disposition Options. This CLASS based POTS telephone calling feature works by combining the services of call waiting with caller ID but also introduces an options… …   Wikipedia

• call waiting — call wait|ing [ kɔl ,weıtıŋ ] noun uncount a system that lets you answer a second telephone call without ending your first telephone call …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• call waiting — call′ wait′ing n. tgp a telephone service whereby a person engaged in a phone call is notified by a tone that a second call is being made to the same number • Etymology: 1990–95 …   From formal English to slang