forked ringing

forked ringing definition - telecom
An IPBX feature that allows a call processor to ring multiple phones at once, rather than in turn, and serve the call to the first phone that answers. Forked ringing is enabled by the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling and control protocol. See also IPBX and 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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