Dialled Number Identification Service

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(DNIS) A service that tells the recipient of a telephone call the telephone number dialled by the person making the call. It is used by call centres hosting multiple numbers, voicemail systems and ISPs offering shared dial-in services.

Compare ANI, Caller ID.

Last updated: 2005-02-09

DIALOG

1. A commercial bibliographic database and retrieval service from DIALOG Information Services.

2. Interactive mathematics using a graphics tablet by Illinois Inst Tech, 1966.

["DIALOG: A Conversational Programming System with a Graphical Orientation", S.H. Cameron et al, CACM 10:349-357 (1967). Sammet 1969, p.255-258].

dialup

A temporary, as opposed to dedicated, connection between machines established over a telephone line using modems.

Nearby terms:

DHSD ♦ DHTML ♦ Dialled Number Identification Service ♦ DIALOG ♦ dialup

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