Modem on Hold

Modem on Hold definition - telecom
A feature of V.92 modems that puts a data session on hold when it detects a voice call, either incoming or outgoing, through a call waiting indication, and gracefully resumes that session when the voice call is terminated.Thereby,V.92 allows a single analog line to be used for both voice and data. MoH requires that the line be equipped with call waiting. See also call waiting, hold, modem, and V Series.

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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