music on hold

music on hold definition - telecom
A voice telecommunications system feature that interfaces the system to an external audio source that provides background music, promotional messages, or other audio content while callers are either in queue or on hold.

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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