hardphone

hardphone definition - telecom
A conventional telephone set, which is a single function terminal, hardwired to support voice communications. A hardphone is in sharp contrast to a softphone, which is a software-based telephone comprising a desktop, laptop, or tablet computer equipped with a microphone, a speaker, and software that allows it to emulate a hardphone. See also softphone.

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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