touch-tone dialing

English

Noun

touch-tone dialing (uncountable)

1. (US, telephony) A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a tone or combination of tones of specific pitch.

Synonyms

• dual tone multi-frequency

Translations

telephone system

• German: Tonwahl f, Tonwahlverfahren (de) n

See also

• pulse dialing
• tone dialing