VoIP Acronyms / Glossary

causal

(I was going to post this to the FAQ thread, but imho it will be easier to manage if it has it's own thread.)

I thought it'd be a good resource to have a place where all the acronyms used in VoIP are described.
At this stage I've just put some of the obvious acronyms, but the plan is to exapnd the list and also briefly explain what each one means; so it will become a glossary.
It would also be nice to have a hyperlink to a relevant URI with each entry, but we're not trying to be google either .


ATA - Analogue Telephone Adapter
FoIP - Fax Over Internet Protocol
H.323
IAX - Inter-Asterisk eXchange
MEGACO - MEdia GAteway COntroller
MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol
SIP - Session Initiation Protocol
SCCP - Skinny Client Control Protocol
VoIP - Voice Over Internet Protocol


Please feel free to add your own contributions/corrections/suggestions to this list

causal

Cabaal

H.323
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I find whatis.com handy for explanations

New Item:
076
The 076 area code is the new non-geographic area code for VoIP-based services in Ireland. Standard local call rates apply when calling this area code.

QoS - Quality Of Service

PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network

POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service (basically same as PSTN)