Definitions
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- noun A
feature of atelephone ,modem , etc. that allows anincoming call to beanswered automatically .
Etymologies
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auto- + answer
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Examples
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Intronauta 11 months ago autoanswer: Ginzhu "jet sex" ;
Masquerade on Vimeo 2010
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All that is required the next day is for you to call your office phone, hang up after just one ring, set your PC, Modem and Comms package to autoanswer data mode and then wait for the return call from your office PC.
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The phone responds to "alert-autoanswer" or "autoanswer" in the SIP header, so it's possible to tweak Asterisk to get it to work.
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