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Our Definition   VOIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol.  It is a category of Internet technology that allows users to transmit voice across the Web in packets.  VOIP calls can be made to normal telephones, or to other computers that have the appropriate technology.  VOIP can occur using a standalone service (like Skype), or can be packaged with other services (like Google Talk).

 

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Short for Voice over Internet Protocol, a category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets using IP rather than by traditional circuit transmissions of the PSTN. One advantage of VoIP is that the telephone calls over the Internet do not incur a surcharge beyond what the user is paying for Internet access, much in the same way that the user doesn't pay for sending individual e-mails over the Internet.

 

 

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A technology that lets a user digitally send her voice over an IP network such as the Internet. VoIP makes it practical to place phone calls over the Internet to avoid long-distance charges, although slower connections can delay sounds or distort the sound quality. Typically, the user must have a sound card, a microphone, and a speaker to place a VoIP call, although a headset and a full-duplex sound card are best. See Internet telephony.

 

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