Registers a watcher

English translation: monitors an internal destination device....

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English term or phrase:Registers a watcher
Selected answer:monitors an internal destination device....
Entered by: Jack Doughty

03:03 Nov 19, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Telecom(munications)
English term or phrase: Registers a watcher
Registers a watcher on a busy internal destination device

When the destination device becomes idle, the system rings your phone
GILLES MEUNIER
France
Local time: 21:47
monitors an internal destination device....
Explanation:
...and rings to tell you it is idle.
This sounds to me like an in-house telephone (and other device) system. If you call a number and it is busy, the system will ring you when the number you called becomes free.
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:47
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Thanks Jack
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registers a watcher
monitors an internal destination device....


Explanation:
...and rings to tell you it is idle.
This sounds to me like an in-house telephone (and other device) system. If you call a number and it is busy, the system will ring you when the number you called becomes free.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:47
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Jack

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Yes, 'a watcher' here means 'a system that will indicate when a line is free'; so the master system memorizes / records / stores (= registers) the fact that a flag has been set on a busy (= engaged, occupied) line (or other device)
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