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Nachwahlstellen

English translation: suffix digits

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German term or phrase:Nachwahlstellen
English translation:suffix digits
Entered by: davidgreen

15:13 Apr 24, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - IT (Information Technology)
German term or phrase: Nachwahlstellen
Something to do with automatic redialling perhaps??

Nachwahlstellen (min), Nachwahlstellen (max):
Hier geben Sie die Anzahl der Stellen der Faxnummer an, die an FaxExpress durchgereicht wird. So wird sichergestellt, dass die gesamte Faxnummer ankommt und z. B. die nicht letzte Stelle der Durchwahlnummer vergessen wird.
Warten auf Nachwahlstellen:
Zeit in Sekunden, die auf Nachwahlstellen gewartet werden soll. Diese Zeit wartet der FaxExpress-Treiber bei eingehenden Rufen, bis abgehoben wird, wenn weniger als die maximal angegebene Anzahl der Nachwahlstellen gewählt wurden. Nach Ablauf dieser Zeit wird verbunden. Der Wert sollte bei mindestens 5 Sekunden liegen. Der Standardwert ist 12 Sekunden.
davidgreen
extension digits
Explanation:
I am not sure, whether this is the correct term in English, however, I can explain, what it means in German: it is the number of digits allowed for direct dialling extensions (minimum to maximum number of digits).

Also, you can obviously tell the fax machine to wait a certain number of seconds, until the extension is dialled.

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Note added at 58 mins (2004-04-24 16:12:09 GMT)
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Sorry, the other way round: You obviously tell the fax machine, how many seconds to wait for extensions before taking the call.
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Ursula Derx
Austria
Local time: 08:24
Grading comment
reading it all again now I understand thanks to your explanation. Not sure yet of the correct term though. Bob, the only website that recognizes "suffix dialing digits" is Siemans so I think I'm holding out for something more commonly used. Thanks again.
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4suffix dialing digits
Bob Kerns (X)
1extension digits
Ursula Derx


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extension digits


Explanation:
I am not sure, whether this is the correct term in English, however, I can explain, what it means in German: it is the number of digits allowed for direct dialling extensions (minimum to maximum number of digits).

Also, you can obviously tell the fax machine to wait a certain number of seconds, until the extension is dialled.

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Note added at 58 mins (2004-04-24 16:12:09 GMT)
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Sorry, the other way round: You obviously tell the fax machine, how many seconds to wait for extensions before taking the call.

Ursula Derx
Austria
Local time: 08:24
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
reading it all again now I understand thanks to your explanation. Not sure yet of the correct term though. Bob, the only website that recognizes "suffix dialing digits" is Siemans so I think I'm holding out for something more commonly used. Thanks again.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
suffix dialing digits


Explanation:
... or "DTMF suffix dialing digits" since these only work with DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency) or pulse-tone phones. Suffix dial(l)ing is often used to control devices such as an answering machine from a remote number or to enter PINs etc. for telephone banking.

Reference: A Siemens glossary made available for a recent job which unfortunately I am not allowed to release or publish. See also the Web reference below:

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Note added at 1 hr 27 mins (2004-04-24 16:40:30 GMT)
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PS: If you replace the /en/ by /de/ in the Web reference you will find the term Nachwahl in the original German text.


    Reference: http://wwwhephy.oeaw.ac.at/telefon1/en/h150/ab_p/30/ba/01/c0...
Bob Kerns (X)
Germany
Local time: 08:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 45
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