appel par boutons-poussoirs
- Domaine
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- télécommunication téléphonie
- Dernière mise à jour
Terme privilégié :
- appel par boutons-poussoirs n. m.
Traductions
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anglais
Auteur : Office québécois de la langue française,Définition
Dialing a number by pushing buttons on the telephone rather than turning a circular wheel; each depressed button causes a transistor oscillator to oscillate simultaneously at two different frequencies, generating a pair of audio tones which are recognized by central-office (or PBX) switching equipment as digits of a telephone number.
Also known as "tone dialing", "touch call".Termes :
- push-button dialing
- push-button dialling
Termes associés :
- touch call
- touch-call
- touch-tone
- tone dialing