touch-tone dialing

touch-tone dialing
A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a tone or combination of tones of specific pitch.
Syn: Dual tone multi frequency

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  • touch-tone — touch′ tone or touch′tone n. tgp a telephone dialing system using push buttons to generate ten tones of different pitch, each tone corresponding to a digit of a telephone number • Etymology: 1955–60, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • Touch-Tone — ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ trademark used for a telephone having push buttons that produce tones corresponding to numbers * * * /tuch tohn /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a tone dialing system or a push button phone operating on tone dialing. n. 2. (sometimes… …   Useful english dictionary

  • touch-tone — /tuch tohn /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a tone dialing system or a push button phone operating on tone dialing. n. 2. (sometimes cap.) a tone dialing system. 3. a telephone utilizing this system. Also, touchtone. [1955 60, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • touch-tone dialling — accurate telephone dialing system that creates tones as each number is dialed …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Touch-tone —    AT&T trademark for pushbutton dialing. See DTMF …   IT glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations

  • Tone — may refer to: MusicTheory* Pitch (music), the perceived frequency of a note or sound (see also pure tone) * Note, the name of a pitch * Whole tone, or major second, a commonly occurring musical interval * Timbre, the quality of a musical note or… …   Wikipedia

  • Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling — One of the few production telephone DTMF keypads with all 16 keys, from an Autovon Telephone. The column of red keys produces the A, B, C, and D DTMF events. Dual tone multi frequency signaling (DTMF) is used for telecommunication signaling over… …   Wikipedia

  • Dual-tone multi-frequency — (DTMF) signaling is used for telephone signaling over the line in the voice frequency band to the call switching center. The version of DTMF used for telephone tone dialing is known by the trademarked term Touch Tone (canceled March 13, 1984),… …   Wikipedia

  • Pulse dialing — Middle 20th century rotary dial telephone Pulse dialing, dial pulse, or loop disconnect dialing, also called rotary or decadic dialling in the United Kingdom (because up to 10 pulses are sent), is pulsing in which a direct current pulse train is… …   Wikipedia

  • pushbutton dialing —    The use of keys or push buttons instead of a rotary dial to generate a sequence of digits to establish a circuit connection.    The signal form is usually multiple tones. Also called tone dialing, touch call, touch tone …   IT glossary of terms, acronyms and abbreviations

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