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<communications> (CID) A short piece of text transmitted by some telephone systems describing the origin of a call, e.g. the name of the caller. Some telephone handsets can display this. A computer telephony integration system might use it to trigger actions on the callee's computer such as looking up the caller in a database and displaying their details on screen.
There may also be a separate "caller id number" giving the telephone number of the originator of the call.
(2008-04-30)
Nearby terms: call/cc « Call Data Record « callee « Caller ID » calling convention » Call-Level Interface » Call Unix
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