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VoIP Glossary

Understanding telecommunications terminology is the first step toward making informed decisions about your business phone system.

A

ATA (Analog Telephone Adapter)

Equipment

B

Bandwidth

Network

C

Cloud PBX

Services

Codec

Technical

D

DID (Direct Inward Dialing)

Features

E

E911 (Enhanced 911)

Regulatory

I

IP Phone

Equipment

IVR (Interactive Voice Response)

Features

J

Jitter

Network

L

Latency

Network

P

Packet Loss

Network

PBX (Private Branch Exchange)

Equipment

Q

QoS (Quality of Service)

Network

S

SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)

Technical

SLA (Service Level Agreement)

Business

Softphone

Software

U

UCaaS (Unified Communications as a Service)

Services

Unified Communications

Services

V

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)

Technical

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

Security