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Definitions for
"Off Hook"
Keywords:
cradle
,
hook
,
lifted
,
telephone
,
modem
Related Terms:
Off-hook
,
On-hook
,
On-hook dialing
,
Telephone line
,
Plain old telephone service
,
Pots
,
Dial tone
,
Dial
,
Dod
,
Landline
,
Loop start
,
Csv
,
Extension
,
Pstn
,
Direct inward dialing
,
Public switched telephone network
,
Did
,
Ddd
,
Private branch exchange
,
Loop
,
Switch type
,
U-interface
,
Pabx
,
Station
,
Centrex
,
Land line
,
Ddi
,
Kts
,
Dslam
,
Atu-r
,
Private line
,
Switched 56
,
Isup
,
Inside wiring
,
Digital subscriber line access multiplexer
,
Opx
,
Pbx
,
Idsl
,
Demarc
,
Ip-pbx
,
Rotary dial
,
Dov
,
Digital loop carrier
,
Local loop
,
Direct distance dialing
,
Spid
,
Phreaking
,
Hookswitch
,
Access line
,
Fxs
The signal that the telephone receiver has been lifted (activated). Originating off hook activates a dial tone on switched networks. Destination off hook completes a call (and activates minute-by-minute billing for long distance calls).
dlci.net
Off hook means that the telephone is in use.
netsys.com.tw
When the telephone instrument hand set is lifted from its cradle.
qwest.ettp.net
In telephone systems, an instrument with the handset lifted from its cradle.
bugsweep.com
Used to describe the state of a modem or a telephone when it is using the telephone line.
infoserve.com
communications: The modem's way of picking up a telephone receiver. "Off hook" produces a busy signal on the phone line.
bmug.org
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