NEWTON’s
`TELECOM
`DICTIONARY
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`The Official Dictionary of
`Telecommunications & the Internet
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`16th UpdatImproved Edition
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`NEWTON'S TELECOM DICTIONARY
`copyright © 2000 Harry Newton
`Email: Harry Newton @Technologyinvestor.com
`Personal web site: www.HarryNewton.com
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`including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any formwhat
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`Published by Telecom Books
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`ISBN # 1-57820-053-9
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`Sixteenth Edition, Expanded and Updated, February 2000
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`intercept Calls which cannotreach their destination may be
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`some other place. See Inercept Recording and Intercept
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`Intercept Interval A telephone company term. The inter-
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