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  1. caller IDnoun

    a small display that will show you the telephone number of the party calling you

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  1. Caller ID

    Caller identification (Caller ID) is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including voice over IP (VoIP), that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call is being set up. The caller ID service may include the transmission of a name associated with the calling telephone number, in a service called Calling Name Presentation (CNAM). The service was first defined in 1993 in International Telecommunication Union—Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Recommendation Q.731.3.The information received from the service is displayed on a telephone display screen, on a separately attached device, or on other displays, such as cable television sets when telephone and television service is provided by the same vendor. Value to society includes use by suicide-prevention hot lines and enabling businesses "like pizza restaurants and florists" to quickly have confidence in telephoned orders. The customer has control as to whether one's full name or merely first initial appears, a choice that to avoid a fee must be selected when the initial listing is generated.Caller ID service, which is also known by similar terms such as CID, calling line identification (CLI, CLID), calling number delivery (CND), calling number identification (CNID), calling line identification presentation (CLIP), and call display, does not work with Centrex, a phone system widely used by corporations that allows outside callers to dial an extension without going through an operator.

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  1. caller id

    Caller ID, short for Caller Identification, is a telephone service that transmits the caller's number and/or name to the callee's telephone equipment during the ringing signal, or when the call is being set up but before the call is answered. This feature enables the receiver to screen or identify incoming call sources. If the call is from an unwanted source or appears suspicious, the receiver can decide to ignore the call.

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  1. Caller ID

    Caller ID, also called calling line identification, calling number delivery, calling number identification or calling line identification presentation, is a telephone service, available in analog and digital phone systems and most voice over Internet Protocol applications, that transmits a caller's number to the called party's telephone equipment during the ringing signal, or when the call is being set up but before the call is answered. Where available, caller ID can also provide a name associated with the calling telephone number. The information made available to the called party may be displayed on a telephone's display, on a separately attached device, or be processed by an attached computer with appropriate interface hardware. Caller ID may be used to display a caller's telephone number on a called user's telephone, computer or television screen. This works in most countries; although systems are incompatible, each country will have appropriate equipment. A modem can pass CLID information to a computer for purposes of call logging or blocking, but this can be problematic as modems in different countries have different systems, causing hardware or software incompatibilities. However, many modems are designed and programmed to handle multiple signalling methods, and can be configured to use the local standard.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of caller ID in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of caller ID in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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