call setup time


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call setup time

[′kȯl ′sed‚əp ‚tīm]
(communications)
The period of time between the lifting of a handset to make a telephone call and the start of voice or data transmission.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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