call forking

call forking definition - telecom
Also known as call splitting. A feature of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) that enables an incoming call to ring several extensions, i.e., other telephones, at once. The first telephone to answer takes control of the incoming call. See also SIP.

Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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