camp-on system

camp-on system

[′kamp ¦ȯn ‚sis·təm]

(communications)

A circuit control feature whereby a user attempting to establish a telephone call and encountering a busy station will hold the connection for a preset time, to the exclusion of other callers, in case the original conversation should terminate.

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