VOIP
Digital voice transmission
VOIP, or VoIP, stands for Voice over Internet Protocol—technology that transmits phone calls through the internet rather than traditional telephone lines.
Services like Skype and Zoom use VOIP.
The term appears in business contexts: We switched to a VOIP system to cut costs.
Pronounced as either the initialism V-O-I-P or as a word rhyming with "boy."
Private branch exchange
- gatewayPoint of access
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- serverOne who attends tables
- firewallNetwork access control system
modem · ethernet · broadband · ISP · cloud · hosted · on-premise · trunk
Online video calling platform
Contact by phone
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- teleconferenceRemote multi-party meeting
- videoconferenceRemote visual meeting
- holdMaintain in grasp
transfer · forwarding · voicemail · caller-ID · three-way · dial · extension · ring
Data compression algorithm
- UDPConnectionless transmission standard
- jitterSmall, rapid variation
- latencyDelay in system response
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
compression · encoding · decoding · handshake · signaling · bitrate · sampling · buffering
State of being understandable
- echoReflected sound wave
- delayEnforced waiting period
- dropoutOne who quits early
- choppyBroken into waves
crystal-clear · wideband · static · interference · distortion · lag · reliability · uptime
PBX
Private branch exchange
firewall · modem · ethernet · broadband · ISP · cloud · hosted · on-premise · trunk · endpoint
Skype
Online video calling platform
Viber · FaceTime · WebEx · GoToMeeting · Slack · 8x8 · WeChat
call
Contact by phone
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- teleconferenceRemote multi-party meeting
- videoconferenceRemote visual meeting
hold · transfer · forwarding · voicemail · caller-ID · three-way · dial · extension · ring · mute
codec
Data compression algorithm
bandwidth · compression · encoding · decoding · handshake · signaling · bitrate · sampling · buffering · payload
clarity
State of being understandable
choppy · crystal-clear · wideband · static · interference · distortion · lag · reliability · uptime · connectivity
VOIPlandline
Stationary wired telephone
POTS · PSTN · rotary phone · home phone · desk phone
VOIPlandline
Stationary wired telephone
telephone exchange · switchboard · party line · telegram · carrier pigeon
- tone of voiceVocal quality conveying emotion
- voice crackSudden pitch instability
- voice mailStored phone recordings
- lower your voiceDecrease speaking volume
- loud voiceHigh-volume speech
- raise one's voiceSpeak more loudly