31 January 2009

What is a Voicemail?

Below are the definitions of "voicemail" according to the most trusted sources in the Internet:

"A voicemail (or voice mail, voice-mail, vmail or VMS, sometimes called messagebank as "a centralized system of managing telephone messages for a large group of people. The term is also used more broadly, to denote any system of conveying voice message, including the answering machine.” -- Wikipedia.org

"Voice mails are essentially digital recordings of outgoing and incoming voice messages that are managed either by an on-site or off-site system. Some users purchase systems that are operated and managed either by its own employees or on a contract basis with another company. Home-based users, such as home telephone and cell phone users, often use an off-site service, such as their phone service provider, for voice mail accounts. Others, however, purchase software that allows their PC to become an electronic message system." -- HowStuffWorks

"An electronic communication system in which spoken messages are recorded or digitized for later playback to the intended recipient ; also : such a message." -- Merriam-Webster.com

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