Automatic Number Identification
<communications> (ANI) A service that tells the recipient of a telephone
call the telephone number of the person making the call. This number can be
passed to computer equipment to automatically retrieve associated information
about the caller, i.e. account status, billing records, etc.
See CTI.
(1996-12-08)
Nearby terms:
automatic hyphenation « Automatic Mathematical TRANslation «
Automatic Network Routing « Automatic Number
Identification » Automatic Repeat Request » Automatic
Send Receive » Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
