Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
988,691,552 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

modem on hold

   Also found in: Acronyms 0.01 sec.

A feature of V.92 modems that allows users to connect to the Internet and switch to an incoming voice call when a call waiting signal is detected. When the voice call is terminated, the line is switched back to the Internet. There is a timeout period in which the user must end the voice call, otherwise the Internet connection is dropped.

If the user's modem is V.92, but the ISP supports only V.90 modems, this feature disconnects the Internet call and answers the voice call. Prior to V.92, when the user was online, a call waiting signal often dropped the Internet and voice connection. See V.92.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
 Email
Feedback
? Mentioned in ? References in periodicals archive
 
92 embedded modem chipset that will offer more symmetric data transmission speeds with higher upload bandwidth, faster handshaking time to achieve modem connection and a modem on hold feature that allows the modem connection to be sustained when a phone call occurs on the same line.
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS AND PCTEL DELIVER SMALLEST, LOWEST POWER EMBEDDED ... by EDP Weekly's IT Monitor
BVRP is very pleased to be working with one of the leading suppliers of dial-up modems to bring these powerful new modem on hold capabilities to the computer desktop," said Bob Lang, president of BVRP America.
Conexant And BVRP Deliver New NetWaiting Feature for V.92 Modems; ... by Business Wire
92 standard includes Modem on Hold allowing users to accept an incoming phone call without terminating their existing Internet connection.
CISCO SYSTEMS SUPPORTS NEW V.92 AND V.44 MODEM STANDARDS by EDP Weekly's IT Monitor
More results
 
Encyclopedia browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.