VoIP

[ pronounced as initials or voip ]

/ pronounced as initials or vɔɪp /

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noun Digital Technology.

voice over Internet Protocol: a technology or set of standards for delivery of telephone calls and other voice communications over the internet, involving conversion of analog voice signals to digital form.

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Origin of VoIP

First recorded in 1995–2000

Words nearby VoIP

voided, voider, voilà, voile, Voiotia, VoIP, voir dire, Voit, voiture, voivode, voix céleste

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How to use VoIP in a sentence

“My friend, who I’d met online, had prepared for her final CA exams on a virtual study room and she told me about them,” he says, via a chat on Discord, a VoIP-based instant messaging and digital distribution platform.
Indian students logged into virtual study rooms to stay afloat during the pandemic|Anu Prabhakar|February 14, 2022|Quartz
The incident began around September 16 and has put a strain on the VoIP provider's systems, websites, and operations.
Phone calls disrupted by ongoing DDoS cyber attack on VOIP.ms|Ax Sharma|September 22, 2021|Ars Technica
Even in the early 2000s, when Skype made a splash with its Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, enabling internet-based calls that left landlines free, people weren’t as connected to the internet as they are today.
Videocalling needed more than a pandemic to finally take off. Will it last?|Anushree Dave|April 20, 2021|Science News
Let’s say, if you’ve heard of VoIP phone services, you’ll know Vonage.
Five tips to maximize profits as an affiliate marketer|Ricky Wang|February 4, 2021|Search Engine Watch

Even though I’ve already published a piece on VoIP companies, I could publish another one targeting the alternatives version and rank it even quicker.
Five tips to maximize profits as an affiliate marketer|Ricky Wang|February 4, 2021|Search Engine Watch

British Dictionary definitions for VoIP

voip

/ (vɔɪp) /

noun

informal voice-over internet protocol: a system for converting analogue signals to digital so that telephone calls may be made over the internet

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for VoIP

VoIP

[ voip, vē′ō′ī′pē′ ]

Short for Voice over Internet Protocol. A protocol for transmitting the human voice in digital form over the Internet or other networks as an audio stream, instead of using traditional telephone lines. VoIP uses the Internet Protocol (IP), but is not limited to communication by computer-even phone-to-phone communication can be conducted using this technology.