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URL
Universal Resource Locator
Globally unique address of a domain on the Internet.
A URL is a subtype of URI. URLs identify a resource by its location on the
Internet. For historical reasons the term is often used as a synonym for URI.
See User
User ID
User identification
Name/number combination for access, e.g. to your VoIP account.
V
Voice codec
See Codec.
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol
Telephone calls are no longer placed and transmitted over the telephone net-
work but over the
VoIP provider
A VoIP, SIP or
Gateway
your provider must support the SIP standard.
The provider routes calls from VoIP to the telephone network (analogue, ISDN
and mobile) and vice versa.
W
WAN
Wide Area Network
Wide-area network that is unrestricted in terms of area (e.g. Internet).
identification.
Internet (or other IP networks).
Gateway provider
for Internet telephony. As the phone works with the SIP standard,
is an Internet service provider that provides a
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